By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the Republican-led Congress prepares to update the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), civil rights...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent FOURTH IN A SERIES WASHINGTON (NNPA) – An online survey of sexual assault survivors conduced as part of this series...
Anthony Shahid, in black, marches with Michael Brown, Sr. in t-shirt and Akbar Muhammad to the left to Shadid’s right is activist Zaki Baruti in yellow...
Rebecca Theodore-Vachon, FORBES (Forbes)—“The Oscars aren’t designed for us.” In 2011, Idris Elba was a featured speaker at Rutgers University during a series of Black History month...
Eddie Pells, ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The questions were similar, and Dorial Green-Beckham had virtually the same response for each one. “I’m disappointed in myself...
KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Thursday assailed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obama’s love of country,...
(New York Times) – Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York on Thursday defended his assertion that President Obama did not love America, and said...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (USA Today) — Teenager Dwayne Powe Jr. got a suspension in eighth grade. He didn’t get into a fight. He wasn’t caught with drugs. He...
DAVID BRANDT, AP Sports Writer VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — The day before the Super Bowl that would change Malcolm Butler’s life, he posted a picture of...
(USA Today) – Doctors have removed Bobbi Kristina Brown’s breathing tube. But her condition remains unchanged, a source close to the situation but unauthorized to...
(Detroit Free-Press) – The Detroiter who stunned the world with Olympian walks to his suburban factory job — and stunned himself by attracting gifts of...
HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Pro Football Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Thought the dysfunction among former Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan, quarterback Robert Griffin III and team...
(Los Angeles Times) – President Obama has talked about the deadly dogma infiltrating some Muslim communities and decried the acts of terrorism carried out in...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Usually bitter adversaries, Koch Industries and the Center for American Progress have found at least one thing they can agree on: The nation’s...
(USA Today) – NBC Nightly News retained its ratings lead last week with a substitute anchor despite the turmoil surrounding the news operation and its star...
NEW YORK (Politico) — Rudy Giuliani went straight for the jugular Wednesday night during a private group dinner here featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker by...
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A threatening letter that disparages black police officers has been found stuffed in mailboxes at a police department. State police are investigating...
JOHN MARSHALL, AP Basketball Writer One of college basketball’s greatest rivalries and a showdown between two Pac-12 powers highlight this week in college basketball. The marquee...
(Hollywood Reporter) – Whoopi Goldberg is making her return to scripted TV. The View co-host has been tapped to star in ABC’s comedy pilot Delores & Jermaine, The Hollywood Reporter has...
(CBS News) – For all its apparent conveniences and perks, city living has never been easy or inexpensive. And income inequality is often most obvious...
(Politico) – In weighing whether to bring discrimination charges against the Ferguson Police Department, the Justice Department has been “seriously examining” allegations that the city’s...
(CNN) – A St. Louis man has filed a lawsuit alleging excessive force in a case that involves an officer turning off a dashcam video...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are changing the way drug defendants are charged and punished, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday, unveiling...
(US News) – Paying tribute. Just days after Nick Gordon finally broke his silence on Bobbi Kristina, he updated his Twitter profile with tributes to his hospitalized girlfriend this...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s latest and boldest attempt to use his executive powers to grant quasi-legal status to illegal immigrants ran into a major...
