Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Former New York State Governor and Democratic Party champion Mario Cuomo has died. He was 82....
FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press MASTIC BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — Kwasi Enin is taking his brains to Yale. In a move usually reserved for highly-recruited athletes, a...
Kwasi Enin, a 17-year old student at William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach, N.Y., has accomplished a rare feat: he has been accepted to each...
KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state has the most segregated public schools in the nation, with many black and Latino students...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I am writing this article from the beautiful shores of the Dominican Republic. We have assembled here for our second...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Bill De Blasio is garnering national attention for his landslide election in the New York City mayor’s race. De...
by Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News “Heartlessness!” Harry F’ouche’, a former Haitian Consul-General in New York, was expressing outrage...
by Mea Ashley Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Korey Wise sits smirking through a one-man play, saying “hmph!” and “ummm” now and then....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist No one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer and too many innocent...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The recent joint announcement by two key federal regulators believed a negotiated agreement with 10 mortgage servicing firms would help...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Congressman John Boehner was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives with a narrow vote. Needing 218 votes, he barely...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist This year, New York is facing the worst homeless crisis since the Great Depression. The city homeless population included...
