Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson will make a major announcement on May 4 in Detroit, his campaign tells CNN, setting the date and location for what’s...
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press ALLEN REED, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 73-year-old Oklahoma volunteer sheriff’s deputy who authorities said fatally shot a suspect after...
(Salon) – The horrific story of the unarmed Walter Scott’s death at the hands of Officer Michael Slager continues to reverberate. Aside from the incontrovertible evidence on...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — All but one of 10 former Atlanta public school educators were sentenced to jail time Tuesday in a widespread...
by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The effects of living in a patriarchal, racist society measurably erode Black women’s physical and mental wellbeing,...
(Raw Story) – A guest on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program walked out of the studio Thursday night to protest the bizarre arguments of another...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press MITCH WEISS, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — As its population surged in the last decade, South Carolina’s third-largest city...
(CNN) – Hillary Clinton is planning to launch her presidential candidacy on Sunday through a video message on social media, a person close to her campaign-in-waiting...
WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — His trademark locks bouncing off the top of his No. 43 jersey, Troy Polamalu spent more than a...
(Alternative Media Syndicate) – Police and city officials have just released the dashcam video showing the traffic stop harassment, just moments before Officer Michael Slager fatally...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle CHARLESTON, S.C. – North Charleston Branch NAACP President Ed Bryant said Thursday the April 4...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service has placed a high-ranking supervisor on administrative leave and suspended the supervisor’s security clearance after what it called “allegations of...
(SB Nation) – The biggest story in Jameis Winston’s career so far hasn’t been his on-field prowess, but the fact that he was accused of rape....
by Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic It’s an urgent escape. Like the Jewish people leaving Germany in the face of imminent death. Only, this journey to...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Nothing has done more to fuel the national debate over police tactics than the dramatic, sometimes grisly videos: A man gasping...
by Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle CHARLESTON, S.C. – Leaders of local civil rights organizations had been taking a wait-and-see approach...
EXCLUSIVE: Witness who recorded the deadly police shooting of #WalterScott speaks out. @LesterHoltNBC reports: https://t.co/wzf03DIghR — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) April 8, 2015 (The Washington Post)...
DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are a perfect 10. The Hall of Fame coach joined some...
by Khari Arnold Special to NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Kappa Alpha Psi, one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious black fraternities, is facing...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press JIM SUHR, Associated Press FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) — Two black candidates have been elected to the Ferguson City Council, tripling African-American representation...
by Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News When U.S. President Barack Obama and Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaica’s leader, meet in Kingston...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dramatic video that shows a white South Carolina police officer shooting a fleeing...
AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski stood beside the gleaming national championship trophy, posing for the traditional, confetti-soaked photos after winning a...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will ask Americans to think of climate change as a threat not just to the environment,...
by Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World Many urbanites probably wonder why instances of police brutality and lethal force keep being...
