Todd Richmond, ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When a white police officer killed an unarmed biracial teen in Wisconsin’s capital city, the shooting quickly...
Maryam Shah, THE TORONTO SUN TORONTO (The Toronto Sun) — Hundreds assembled in Toronto Saturday to show solidarity with protesters in Baltimore. Around 400 people gathered in...
Paul Walsh, THE STAR TRIBUNE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (The StarTribune) — Nekima Levy-Pounds, a college law professor who has been the voice and the face of the...
via ASSOCIATED PRESS 1:50 a.m. (EDT) Police in Portland, Oregon, say an initially peaceful May Day demonstration turned violent Friday evening as a splinter group hurled...
(NBC News) – Protests over the death of Freddie Gray stretched coast to coast late Wednesday, with thousands of people across the country rallying for the...
(Salon) Dear White America, It is somewhat strange to address this to you, given that I strongly identify with many aspects of your culture and...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist You know their names – Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice – because these African American men were unarmed and...
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, THE NEW YORK TIMES BALTIMORE (The New York Times) — With the words “black lives matter” projected in capital letters on the walls,...
Michael Eric Dyson, THE NEW REPUBLIC (The New Republic) — There has been a great deal of commentary about my article on Cornel West published...
Tasbeeh Herwees, GOOD.COM (GOOD.com) — Telling our stories is not just a political necessity, but also an opportunity for catharsis and public healing. Which is why...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Amid tears and cries for justice, demonstrators poured into the streets of Baltimore carrying signs emblazoned with the name...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist On October 16, we will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. In the subsequent two...
Nora G. Hertel, THE WAUSAU DAILY HERALD WAUSAU, Wisc. (The Wausau Daily Herald)—A group of downtown Wausau church leaders is planning a Black Lives Matter...
MONTEREY, Calif. (Monterey Herald)—What began as a peaceful and lawful demonstration to raise awareness about police brutality against people of color ended Saturday with several...
By Ron Busby, Sr. NNPA Columnist According to a Nielsen consumer report, African Americans are voracious consumers of media, watching 37 percent more television than any other...
Julie Walker, THE ROOT AUSTIN, Tx. (The Root)—The founders of #BlackLivesMatter are grateful that their message has been picked up by so many people as...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist President Obama marked the 50th anniversary of Selma by celebrating the ordinary heroes who sacrificed so much to...
By Charles D. Ellison Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune (NNPA)—There are now five presidential battleground states in 2016 that could be heavily...
By Stephany Rose NNPA Guest Columnist In the Christian faith, the Syrophoenician woman’s testimony is one of the most popular narratives in the gospels. She...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The protest slogans addressing our latest struggle for justice and equity compel me to come up with a new...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Blacks and Latinos are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates in part because police target them...
Nia-Malika Henderson, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—While the protests around Ferguson and the Eric Garner case have largely faded from the political discussion and...
JALEESA JONES, USA Today (USA Today)—#BlackLivesMatter will soon be more than just a Twitter hashtag for students at Dartmouth College. The school will offer a course this...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The best way to celebrate Black History Month is to make more Black history. Black History Month is...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist How many times, especially during or just after a tragedy like the killing of Eric Garner, have you heard one...
