ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will conduct a federal investigation into the chokehold death of an unarmed black man after a...
(USA Today) – Police in Michigan released a cell-phone video recorded by a deputy called to investigate an African-American man who was walking with his...
(The Washington Post) – Charles Barkley has always fashioned himself as something of a contrarian. When his day job as an NBA player seemed to...
(Politico) – Several lawmakers took to the House floor Monday evening to make the “Hands up, don’t shoot,” gesture to protest the police shooting of the...
CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When his high school English students came to class, Tom Rademacher knew there would be one thing on...
by Andrea V. Watson Special to the NNPA from the Chicago Defender CHICAGO – Homicides are down in Chicago this year and the statistics haven’t been...
by Nayaba Arinde and Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American It was déjà vu all over again for Omowale Clay, the...
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....
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Nobody knows my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Glory hallelujah! Those...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist In 1983, it was Michael Stewart, 25. He was a graffiti artist who was beaten to death in police...
Nedra Pickler, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for $75 million in federal spending to...
Cindy Boren, THE WASHINGTON POST ST. LOUIS (The Washington Post)—The St. Louis Police Officers’ Association called on the NFL to punish five St. Louis Rams...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters turned out in several U.S. cities on one of the busiest shopping days of the year Friday in response to...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA)—The fight for justice in Ferguson has gone global. Tara Thompson, a corporate project manager who has been protesting and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Garth Brooks has canceled a Thanksgiving appearance on NBC’s “Tonight” show because he said it “seemed distasteful” given the reaction...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protests are scheduled at shopping centers around the country in response to a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer...
White Americans feel like they are being singled out because of the color of their skin rather than any actions they’ve taken. That’s how black...
(FiveThirtyEight) – A St. Louis County grand jury on Monday decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson in the August killing of...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, reflect simmering U.S. tensions over racial discrimination that could undermine the country’s stability,...
Athletes took to social media on Monday night to respond to news that 28-year-old Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted in the shooting death...
(USA Today) – President Obama pledged to redouble his efforts to find solutions to the distrust between law enforcement and minority communities, saying “the problem is...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict a policeman for the killing of Michael Brown illustrates the difficulty...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Long after the St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert M. McCulloch announced Officer Darren Wilson will not be...
(Los Angeles Times) – In most cases, a grand jury is a supple tool in the hands of a prosecutor bent on an indictment. But...
