by Dr. J. A. Salaam Special to the NNPA from The Final Call BERKELEY, Mo. – This small town just two miles west of Ferguson, Mo.,...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A member of the grand jury that declined to indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday extended for 45 days a temporary restraining order requiring Missouri law enforcement officers...
Nicole Flatow, THINK PROGRESS (ThinkProgress.com)—A Ferguson grand juror who heard the case of Darren Wilson previewed potentially scathing criticism of St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert...
Rebecca Macatee, E! ONLINE (EOnline.com)—Nicki Minaj isn’t one of the artists caught up in a racially fueled Twitter war at the moment, but that doesn’t...
Jim Salter, ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS (AP) — From street-artist paintings on boards protecting store windows to signs bearing the now iconic statement, “Hands Up....
Tom Kludt, CNNMoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney)—Oprah Winfrey, meet the leaders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. In a recent interview, Winfrey explained what she would like to...
Yamiche Alchidor, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Protests against police treatment of black people have laid bare growing tensions between longstanding civil rights groups that have battled...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Remember these names: Ashley Yates, Johnetta Elzie, and Deray McKesson. They could get an invite to meet President Obama...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “It’s just so overwhelming to see all who have come to stand with us. Look at the masses –...
Aaron Blake, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—A significant majority of Americans think race relations in the United States are bad, and race issues appear as...
Adam Ferrise, The Plain Dealer via CLEVELAND.COM CLEVELAND, Ohio (Cleveland.com)—Dozens of people are gathering outside the Cudell Recreation Center to protest the police shooting of...
By john a. powell NNPA Guest Columnist Thousands recently took to the streets in protest and outrage following a Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “…a country’s conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience, because I think a lot of people...
Nia-Malika Henderson, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Over these last few weeks, it’s been hard to miss the presence of hip-hop in protests over incidents...
Jesse J. Holland, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Who, if anyone, is leading the emerging movement around the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist “I can’t believe that in the 21st century in the United States of America, we can’t get a simple...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In Tom Wolfe’s best-selling The Bonfire of the Vanities, New York State Chief Judge Sol Wachtler famously said “a...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist An African American friend of mine keeps asking, in utter amazement, how it is not obvious that there was...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” “No Justice, No Peace” “I Can’t Breathe” “Black Lives Matter” Those are the chants...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist As the end of another tumultuous year approaches, Black people again find ourselves in the relative same economic and political...
Corrine Heller, ENTERTAINMENT ONLINE NEW YORK (EOnline.com)—Meet Trevor Noah, the newest star on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart! The 30-year-old made his debut as a contributor...
David A. Lieb, ASSOCIATED PRESS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chants of “Hands Up. Don’t Shoot!” echoed through the Missouri Capitol on Friday as hundreds of...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Ferguson is too important to be treated on the margins. It is too important to lead the news one...
By Walter L. Fields NNPA Columnist At this moment I don’t need my president to tell me to respect the decision of a tainted grand jury....
