HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — Rena was a local singer in the Houston area.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Sen. Cory Booker recently addressed a familiar audience about fighting gun violence and encouraging Americans to reach a middle ground of morality.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Members of the VCP patrol the area in marked cars in order to provide extra eyes on neighborhoods and when needed.
ROLLINGOUT.COM — Peterson hopes to shed more light on the ordeal so that justice is finally served.
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The deceased officer has been identified as Sergeant Wytasha Carter.
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — Despite closing out 2018 with 145 homicides, the lowest murder total in nearly five decades, New Orleans remains one of the nation’s Top...
THE AFRO — Author Lamont Carey’s latest book, The Transition: From One Hellhole to Another, continues his searing narrative about the perils of mass incarceration, which...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Palmer recently shared “PIMP” with an intimate audience of NAACP voting members at the SAG/AFTRA Offices in Los Angeles.
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The mural, named “Our Mighty Contribution,” stretches for an entire city block and has been a cultural institution in the African-American community for...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Gun violence has shortened the life expectancy of Americans by nearly 2.5 years, with shootings driving down the average lifespan of black...
EAST TEXAS REVIEW — In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in corrections. The problem is that it was...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — D.C.’s changing demographics and gentrification have made long-lasting concerns turn into blue hot-button issues that are further dividing the nation’s capital as it...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — Williams’ party was extra special because he had just been released from the hospital after recovering from a shooting two months prior.
CHICAGO CRUSADER — Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder Friday, October 5, by a jury at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse,...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — WATCH: Roland Martin gets reactions to Bill Cosby's sentencing outside of Ben's Chili Bowl in DC.
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Four teenage boys were in custody Tuesday, accused by Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies of vandalizing an African American church that was being...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Reynolds, a Democrat from Missouri City, was convicted in 2015 on misdemeanor charges for illegally soliciting clients for his personal injury practice...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — If Education Secretary Betsy DeVos were to consult the nation’s educators and law enforcement officials she would immediately dismiss any consideration of...
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP — Over the weekend, about 60 friends of the Taft family rallied and canvassed the area, handing out flyers, and seeking #JusticeForFredrickTaft.
MILWAUKEE (New York Times) — Cities across the nation are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines, and few places have witnessed a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – The crime rate has been steadily decreasing for 25 years, but mass incarceration has had very...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent Ronald Lewis was standing on a street with his brother, who was selling drugs. When police were approaching, Lewis warned his...
Tom Coyne and Michael Tarm, ASSOCIATED PRESS GARY, Ind. (AP) — Police investigating the slayings of seven northwestern Indiana women whose bodies were found over the weekend...
by Rev. Franklin Fortier Special to the NNPA from the Greene County Democrat The Selma Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is protesting the Legal...
U.S. rapper Ja Rule was released from prison on Tuesday after serving about two years on gun and tax evasion charges, a spokesman for the U.S....
