By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Education reform alone isn’t enough to close achievement gaps between Blacks and Whites, according to a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The avid sports fan who occupies the Oval Office is refusing to take sides as the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Golden State Warriors looked like the NBA’s best team. The Cleveland Cavaliers looked like a tired one....
LUQMAN ADENIYI, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As scrutiny continues over diversity in film and opportunities for African Americans in Hollywood, some black actors and...
(BuzzFeed) – A civil rights leader in Eastern Washington state has been passing herself off as black for years, her parents told local media. When reached by...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With a last-minute trip to the Capitol, President Barack Obama sought to quell a revolt...
LARRY O’DELL, Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A University of Virginia student who was bloodied by state liquor agents during an arrest that sparked a...
(BuzzFeed) – Surrounded by expensive homes and a lush green park, the pool in Craig Ranch, McKinney, has long functioned as a focal point for...
(New York Times) – Ornette Coleman, a self-taught alto saxophone player who was feted as an avant garde genius of jazz, has died in New...
DAVID WARREN, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A white Texas police officer was not targeting minorities when he wrestled a black teenage girl to the ground...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Golden State Warriors haven’t lost three straight games all season, and doing so now would force them...
Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson said Wednesday night that he was “irritated” by the comparison between the fight for same-sex marriage rights and the Civil Rights...
(Politico) – Before the rise of the religious right in the 1980s, most politicians kept their faith to themselves. In 1945, for example, President Harry...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black community should take a larger role in curbing mass incarceration and be less reliant on...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Organized labor’s fierce opposition to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda threatens to split the political left and deal a...
SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama drew on her hometown connections and personal struggles from college and the White House Tuesday...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James is doing more than ever. With the Cavaliers missing two All-Stars, he has no choice. “I’m...
NEW YORK (UPI) – A shocking, unauthorized biography written by investigative journalist Ian Halperin dives into the details of both Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown’s “downward spirals.” The book, called Whitney...
DAVID WARREN, Associated Press TERRY WALLACE, Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A white police officer in suburban Dallas has resigned after he was recorded on...
(Los Angeles Times) – When Ezell Ford’s mother learned Tuesday afternoon that L.A. police commissioners had faulted one of the officers who fatally shot her son,...
KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Just days after blues legend B.B. King was laid to rest near his birthplace in the Mississippi Delta,...
(Politico) – When former House Speaker Dennis Hastert appears in a Chicago courtroom on Tuesday to answer charges that he broke federal banking law and...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government plan to wipe out loans for many of the students who attended the now-disgraced for-profit Corinthian Colleges...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — For the sixth consecutive year, the NBA Finals are tied after two games. Sometimes that means a long...
(The Washington Post) – The host of a Texas pool party that led to the suspension of a police officer says things took a turn for the violent...
