(Reuters) – Several Republican governors likely to run for president have secured hundreds millions of dollars under Obamacare while working to dismantle the healthcare law,...
(The Washington Post) – News that Trevor Noah would replace Jon Stewart as the new host of “The Daily Show” brought a collective round of...
by Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Jordan Shanks, a sophomore English major at Howard University admitted that before Black Press Week, he didn’t...
Michael Brown, Sr., right, and activist Anthony Shahid lead a protest in Clayton, Mo., the seat of government for St. Louis County. (J.A. Salaam/The Final Call)...
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will begin a stay in a halfway house...
FRED GOODALL, AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jameis Winston has spent much of the past two months crisscrossing the nation, sharpening his quarterback skills...
By Elaina Johnson Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Grammy Award-winning artist Bishop Hezekiah Walker can add the 2015 Torch Award for religion to his...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Hundreds of Black women and girls representing the Black Women’s Roundtable descended on the nation’s capital...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the economy recovers and violent crime hits 30-year lows, lawmakers continue to trade in their...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who skyrocketed to national prominence by representing the family of Trayvon...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Pairing Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell is like mixing gasoline and fire. You know there’s going to be an...
(Politico) – In 1988, a group of black students at Harvard Law School compiled a report designed to recognize the growing achievements of black students...
Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer (NNPA) – Months into his only term as mayor, Vincent C. Gray surfaced as a central figure...
FERGUSON, Mo. (New York Times) — Addressing one of the Justice Department’s primary recommendations for the Police Department here, the new acting police chief said on...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Congressman Fauntroy is the only living individual in that famous photo of President Johnson signing the Civil Rights...
WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The whistle sounds. The horn blows. And the madness grinds to a halt. Another stoppage in play. Another...
(Grantland) – It’s not quite true that I’ve never seen anything like Empire. The centuries are plump with art and popular culture driven by tales of...
JULIE CARR SMYTH, AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill that would ban most abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat again cleared the...
CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was released from an Alabama federal prison early Thursday, two years after pleading...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When it comes to the equality in America, a new report by the National Urban...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A majority of American parents believe their children will face a harsher coming-of-age than they did, according...
CHICAGO (AP) — Oprah Winfrey will auction off paintings, furniture, designer clothing and other items from her Chicago residence next month. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers said...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In recent weeks, Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, claimed that President...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Republican House budget will shred the social safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable citizens,...
by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Barbara R. Arnwine does not back down from a fight. After the U.S. Supreme Court issued a...
