Ashley Killough, CNN FERGUSON, Mo. (CNN)—After meeting with NAACP leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, Sen. Rand Paul told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the Republicans Party’s biggest...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — Police and protesters spent Sunday gearing up for the culmination of a weekend of demonstrations in...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Hundreds of demonstrators peacefully kicked off a holiday weekend of protests dubbed “Ferguson October.” Late Friday,...
(USA Today) – A federal judge ruled Monday that a tactic police used to control protesters in Ferguson, Mo., is unconstitutional and issued a preliminary...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Protesters in this small Midwest city measure time by counting the number of days Ferguson Police...
Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Matt Pearce, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FERGUSON, Mo. (The L.A. Times)—Beauty Town has an elaborate video surveillance system that displays 16 angles...
Jesse J. Holland, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after making fresh demands that Attorney General Eric Holder open federal investigations into police shootings of unarmed...
Molly Hennessy-Fisk, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times)—Federal officials intervened Friday to stop police in Ferguson, Mo., from wearing “I am Darren Wilson” bracelets...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We are facing an important moment in our democracy. While America has twice elected an African American president, there...
by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Whether you saw it first-hand on the streets, on smartphones or on your...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist St. Louis County has 90 municipalities – ranging in population from 13 to nearly 52,000 – and most of them...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” -Fannie Lou Hamer, legendary civil rights activist and co-founder of...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In a previous article, I noted the ridiculous scenario of Black people protesting while others profited, how we travel across the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an effort to combat police brutality in the Black community, the National Bar Association...
(The Washington Post) – On March 20 in the St. Louis County town of Florissant, someone made an illegal U-turn in front of Nicole Bolden. The...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist We’ve now moved to a new stage of the racist reaction to the police killing of Michael Brown: the largely...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist It is inaccurate for newscasters to say, “In the aftermath of the recent racial turmoil in Ferguson, Mo., calm...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist On the very day that Michael Brown, the slain teenager from Ferguson, Mo., was buried, the Congressional Black Caucus made...
Mesfin Fekadu, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Rappers are making their voices heard in song and on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri, in the...
Kimberly Kindy and Carol D. Leonnig, THE WASHINGTON POST FERGUSON, Mo. (The Washington Post)—Federal investigators are focused on one Ferguson, Mo., police officer who fatally...
By Hanqing Chen Special to the NNPA from ProPublica Protests have continued for more than a week since the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael...
by Saeed Shabazz Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) – Including Michael Brown, five unarmed Black men have been killed...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Public opinion polls confirm a fact that has been documented in instances ranging from the O.J. Simpson verdict to...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Out of every momentous national tragedy that Black Americans have continued to endure in the United States, there...
