LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Female directors are getting slightly more work in the expanding world of TV series and outlets, but...
STEVE HELBER, Associated Press PAM RAMSEY, Associated Press JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press MONETA, Va. (AP) — A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death during...
WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Vick needed a job. The Pittsburgh Steelers needed a backup quarterback. One solid workout solved both problems....
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Louis Stokes rose from an impoverished life in the projects of Cleveland to become one of the most influential...
NEW ORLEANS (New York Times) — It is a wonder that any of it is here at all: The scattered faithful gathering into Beulah Land Baptist...
NEW YORK (CBS Sports) — The photo of a young woman coated in dust and ash was one of the iconic images of September 11, 2001....
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After the Florida Republican-dominated state legislature failed to redraw Rep. Corrine Brown’s congressional district and seven others...
(ESPN) – Free-agent quarterback Michael Vick was meeting with the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Josina Anderson. The Steelers are...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” is the No. 1 movie in North America for the second week straight. Universal’s biopic of rap group N.W.A....
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Almost 10 years ago, the world watched as the waters of the Gulf of Mexico—urged...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – It’s an open secret that Black-sounding names can hinder employment, housing, and loan applications. Apparently, basic emails...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a wide-ranging conference call with the Black Press, the Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan...
STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera offered this edict to his players before the start of this week’s...
(NPR) – The American Red Cross, which has often boasted of its transparency, attempted last year to halt a congressional inquiry into its disaster relief work,...
(International Business Times) – “Straight Outta Compton” has been a huge hit, earning $56.1 million on its opening weekend. But a few are criticizing the biopic, which...
(The Washington Post) – After coming under fire by a slew of conservative Web sites that claimed he lied about his biracial identity, prominent social justice...
BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — A grand jury voted not to file charges against two police officers for fatally shooting a man in New Jersey who defied...
(Mic) – Since Jan. 1, 2015, police in the United States have killed a staggering 745 people. According to statistics provided to Mic by research collective Mapping Police Violence, American police...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press JIM SUHR, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officers arrested at least nine people and deployed tear gas amid protests in St....
(The Washington Post) – The image of the American cowboy throughout movies and television is largely that of a tall, middle-aged white male with a gruff...
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (Politico) – Memo to 2016 candidates from Black Lives Matter: We will continue to disrupt your events no matter what you do or...
by Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World UNION CITY, Ga. (Atlanta Daily World) — The acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury indicted two former Atlanta-area police officers on murder charges after prosecutors said they used stun guns...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two months into the transition from Brian Williams to Lester Holt as anchor of NBC’s top-rated “Nightly...
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The family of Julian Bond [wife Pam Horowitz; sons Horace Mann Bond II, Jeffrey and Michael; daughters, Phyllis Jane Bond McMillan and Julia...
