WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Marion Barry’s long history in the civil rights movement played a key role in changing politics for African Americans — from...
by Starla Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call This 2012 file photo shows then-Baltimore Ravens NFL football player Michael McAdoo, who was released...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 100 immigration professors and scholars declared Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s decision to make several million immigrants...
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Chaos returned to the streets of Ferguson after a grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the death of...
by Avis Thomas-Lester and Ruben Castaneda Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer D.C. Council member Marion S. Barry, the venerable former four-time mayor and...
(USA Today) – Secret Service agents arrested a woman with a gun outside the White House Thursday night shortly after President Obama delivered an address...
(The Washington Post) – Everyone has a Michael Brown story, and Ngone Seck was telling hers as she sat with several friends at Riverview Gardens...
(Politico) – With Barack Obama’s sweeping move to reorder the nation’s immigration system through the stroke of the presidential pen, Democrats say the White House is...
(Reuters) – Riot police arrested at least two demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, for a second night running as tensions simmer ahead of a grand jury...
(Politico) – When the Obama administration last week began the process of preparing the media and the public about the president’s plan to unilaterally suspend deportation...
(NBC News) – The gunman who was fatally shot by police after opening fire in a library at Florida State University early Thursday was identified as...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Quincy Jones and LL Cool J never collaborated musically, the rapper-actor says Jones has played...
DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings were already going to face a difficult decision this winter about Adrian Peterson, with...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader Harry Reid says Senate action on President Barack Obama’s nominee for attorney general will occur next year when Republicans are...
(USA Today) – When it comes to racially lopsided arrests, the most remarkable thing about Ferguson, Mo., might be just how ordinary it is. Police...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Some suburban St. Louis gun dealers have been doing brisk business, particularly among first-time buyers, as fearful...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With limited time still in power, President Barack Obama is staking his final two years on climate change, pushing...
Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Citizen DETROIT — In a blow to schoolchildren statewide, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled on Nov. 7...
by Khorri Atkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Queens Democratic City Councilman Rory Lancman plans to introduce a package of...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — An intruder was able to climb a fence and enter the White House in September because of a succession of “performance,...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James isn’t ready to let his two sons strap on shoulder pads and a helmet just yet....
CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ruby Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she became the first black student to attend a...
ATLANTA (AP) — Some black political leaders think Democratic candidates who distanced themselves from President Barack Obama sapped the enthusiasm of African-Americans in states where...
(USA Today) – The parents of an unarmed black teenager killed in a St. Louis suburb say they want a grand jury to indict the...
BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI, Associated Press MESFIN FEKADU, Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Big Bank Hank, a member of the pioneering hip-hop group the Sugarhill Gang responsible...
