MIKE FITZPATRICK, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The end of an era. The perfect script. Derek Jeter capped his Yankee Stadium farewell with a...
(Hot New Hip Hop) – Kanye West played his new album (three times) for about twenty people in Paris last night. Kanye West is keeping his...
(The Washington Post) – From his first days on the job, it was clear that Attorney General Eric Holder was unbound by the racial constraints that...
(USA Today) – Just after a heated summer that included a handful of fatalities at the hands of police that raised questions of racism, the...
HOWIE RUMBERG, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Derek Jeter puts on New York’s navy pinstripes Thursday for one final home game, it won’t...
UNITED NATIONS (Politico) — Speaking to world leaders here on Wednesday about the need to reduce racial tensions and respect human rights, President Barack Obama pointed...
(Ace Showbiz) – Tavis Smiley criticized “Dancing with the Stars” producers following his elimination. The talk show host blamed the show’s execs for casting him...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The recurring image in the latest Republican campaign ads is a lone militant walking across a barren land with...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer From Trayvon Martin to Michael Brown and from civil rights to voting rights,...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Anger spilled over Tuesday after fire destroyed one of two memorials on the street where Michael Brown was...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Spelman College, the liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, was named the nation’s...
DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti refuted a report suggesting he and other team officials tried to...
(USA Today) – Baltimore Ravens owner Stephen Bisciotti’s anger and indignation are sadly misplaced. Bisciotti spent 45 minutes Monday criticizing an ESPN story that questioned the Ravens’...
FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Let’s just go ahead and make it official. “Thursday” should be renamed “Shonday.” At least it...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If the Democrats lose the United States Senate and more seats in the House of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black-White income gap narrowed in 2013 with Black men who worked full-time, year-round experiencing...
Highway shutdown, raucous city council meeting signals the struggle for justice is far from over in Ferguson, Mo. by Dr. J. A. Salaam Special to the...
(USA Today) – It was the third largest margin of defeat in franchise history, but it might as well have been the worst loss ever...
(Politico) – A majority of Americans disapprove of the way the National Football League has handled the issue of domestic violence in the wake of the...
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (New York Times) — A gated community of regal brick homes with impeccable landscaping and $450,000 price tags might seem an unlikely place for...
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation requested by President Barack Obama authorizing the military to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State...
(Politico) – Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday blasted his own party for making it tougher for minorities to vote. The Kentucky Republican, a likely presidential candidate,...
RESTON, Va. (New York Times) — After a generation of campaigns in which Republicans exploited wedge issues to win close elections, Democrats are now on the...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic TORONTO (NNPA) – Black films and artists were an integral part of the lineup at this year’s Toronto International...
(Houston Chronicle) – Seated on a couch at her home overlooking a golf course in Spring, Bonita Jackson dabbed her eyes with a tissue as she...
