By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic It was a sign of the times for Black life in the ‘60s. Police brutality. Poor housing. Few job opportunities....
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges against six police officers in connection...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations,...
By Umar Lee Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The funeral of Mansur Ball-Bey was a colorful, ecumenical and passionate affair. Mourners packed Christ...
RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer No sport season starts better than college football. With little competition right before the baseball pennant races heat up...
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California agreed Tuesday to end its unlimited isolation of imprisoned gang leaders, restricting a practice that once kept...
(New York Times) – When Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to make a movie focusing on the death and dementia professional football players have endured from repeated...
By Jerry Ford II Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Community leader Quanell X, former Councilwoman Jolanda Jones, Bishop James Dixon, and the...
By Rhodesia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW ORLEANS – It’s been a decade since millions across the world witnessed the aftermath...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Truancy among Black students has far-ranging consequences, not just as a predictor for low academic achievement,...
(OregonLive.com) – Serena Williams is the talk of New York. She’s earned it: she’s going for the calendar-year Grand Slam at the U.S. Open this month....
(Counter Punch) – Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I...
(International Business Times) – The filmed story of N.W.A. is straight outta competition at the box office. And thanks to a third consecutive week atop Hollywood’s...
(CNN) – Watch out Donald Trump. Here comes Ben Carson. While the bombastic real estate tycoon dominates much of the GOP field, the retired pediatric neurosurgeon...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Gulf Coast residents and policymakers celebrated the recovery of the Crescent City on the 10th...
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...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer Darryl Dawkins was once summoned in the Philadelphia 76ers’ locker room to come meet a celebrity who wanted to meet the...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — With hit shows like “Empire,” ”black-ish” and “How to Get Away With Murder,” diversity is the...
New Orleans (CNN) – President Barack Obama returned Thursday to an outwardly thriving New Orleans to mark strides 10 years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Justice Clarence Thomas has not asked a question from the Supreme Court bench since 2006. His majority opinions tend to be brisk, efficient and dutiful. Now,...
FERGUSON, MO (KTVI) – An arrest has been made in connection with the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old in Ferguson. Ferguson police worked with St. Louis...
STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL tackle Jonathan Martin posted on Facebook that difficulties in the profession led him to attempt suicide...
KEN DILANIAN, AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — During the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, State Department officials in Washington were emailing one...
ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer Even after gunning down a TV news reporter and cameraman during a live interview, Vester Lee Flanagan II continued to rage....
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Amelia Boynton Robinson, who died Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala. at the age of 104, is being...
