JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — It’s not just Gov. Scott Walker. Republican lawmakers in statehouses nationwide are working to...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NEW ANALYSIS SELMA, Ala. (NNPA) – Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama was dogged by one question: Is...
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) — Madison takes pride in being named one of the best places in the U.S. to live, raise a...
TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — “Beast Mode” is getting paid. Marshawn Lynch is receiving a hefty raise for at least one more...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says it has hired Alveda King, a niece of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.,...
SELMA, ALABAMA (VOA News) – Thousands of people will gather to mark the 50th anniversary of a historic civil rights march on March 7th in the...
(Politico) – The White House, State Department and Hillary Clinton’s personal office knew in August that House Republicans had received information showing that the former secretary...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press SELMA, Alabama (AP) — President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and about 100 members of Congress are among the thousands of...
(Reuters) – Wisconsin police fatally shot an apparently unarmed African-American teenager on Friday, prompting dozens of people to protest at the site of the killing,...
JOHN KEKIS, AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim was suspended for nine games Friday, with the school punished for ignoring the...
(Politico) – Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary. But their ranks don’t...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government’s withering report on the Ferguson Police Department issued a stern mandate to city leaders: Reform...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic The original Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was so magical: British retirees looking for a place to nest were hoodwinked by fancy brochures...
(Star Pulse) – Nick Gordon has agreed to sit down with Dr. Phil and talk about the events that led to his girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown’s near-drowning...
(AL.com) – Members of the Tuskegee and Albany State cheerleading and dance teams were sent home following a fight during halftime of Tuesday night’s SIAC...
(Politico) – A runoff that was expected to be a slam dunk for Rahm Emanuel is turning out to be uncomfortably — even dangerously —...
JEFF DONN, AP National Writer The Justice Department has released its investigation of the Ferguson Police Department, concluding that city law enforcement practices are discriminatory and...
(The Washington Post) – The Justice Department just released its investigation into the Ferguson, Mo., police department, an inquiry that was initiated after an officer fatally...
JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson is about to feel what it’s like to be recruited again. Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike...
by Jannette J. Witmyer Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Anyone trying to keep up with Meshelle “The Indie-Mom of Comedy” had better lace up...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — When the nation’s first black president steps onto the Edmund Pettus Bridge to...
Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson says homosexuality is a choice because many people “go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay.”...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –Increased investment in early childhood education and care can eradicate many of the racial success gaps that persist throughout...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, with officers routinely...
