by Dorothy Rowley Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Justice Department officials wrapped a two-day visit Friday to Ferguson, Missouri, after meeting with...
by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Just after intermission, about 50 people disrupted the St. Louis Symphony’s performance of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –In the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Mo.,...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist It’s been two months since Daniel Pantaleo strangled Eric Garner, 48, to death on a sidewalk in Staten Island, N.Y....
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Protesters in this small Midwest city measure time by counting the number of days Ferguson Police...
(The Washington Post) – The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office is investigating an accusation of misconduct on the grand jury that is hearing the case...
(USA Today) – More than 3,000 people have registered to vote in Ferguson, Mo., since the death of Michael Brown — a surge in interest...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand, it never did and never will.” I often wonder what Black people...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Memorial dedicated to Ezell Ford. Photos: Charlene Muhammad LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – Attorneys for the family of...
By Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The U.S. Department of Justice ordered Ferguson police officers to stop wearing “I...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Officials from the National Action Network, the National Urban League the National Bar Association, the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Neill Franklin says there is nothing new about friction between law enforcement agencies and Blacks. And...
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...
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...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Department of Justice investigators on Wednesday heard one story after another about police harassment and brutality in Ferguson,...
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...
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...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Requiring police officers to wear body cameras is one potential solution for bridging deep mistrust between law enforcement and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last week, Washington lawmakers grilled officials from the Defense Department (DOD), Homeland Security and the...
(Los Angeles Times) – A proposal for greater citizen oversight of the Ferguson Police Department has been criticized as “weak” and “insulting” by police experts...
RYAN PEARSON, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stevie Wonder said the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, isn’t seeing the full picture a month after an...
(USA Today) – Newly discovered witnesses to the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Missouri teen Michael Brown are corroborating other witnesses’ comments that Brown was...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Elected leaders in the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a...
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 Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an effort to combat police brutality in the Black community, the National Bar Association...
