ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer Stepping to the pulpit at Greater Grace Church — minutes from where a suburban St. Louis police officer shot and killed...
by Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Overwhelmed is a word that was repeatedly uttered by the family members...
Local unarmed man fatally shot by LAPD by Kenneth D. Miller Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel It was moments past seven...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Never did we think we would be planning a funeral, we were waiting on his first day of school....
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Under other circumstances one could simply ridicule the explanations offered by the Ferguson police regarding the killing of Michael...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist When will it stop? The police killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., coming...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Except for the Good Lord, everybody has someone or something to “check” him or her. Unfortunately, President Obama has an...
(The Washington Post) – A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that Americans give President Obama mixed reviews for his handling of the situation in Ferguson,...
(NBC News) – A crowdfunding site created this week to support Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson and his family continues to grow, despite a considerable...
FERGUSON, Mo. (The Washington Post) — Twelve days after the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, six people were arrested. A bottle was thrown at police....
(Politico) – The family of Michael Brown will attend a march Saturday led by the Rev. Al Sharpton on Staten Island on behalf of Eric Garner,...
(Los Angeles Times) – The California Highway Patrol officer who was videotaped punching a woman on the 10 Freeway has been stripped of his duties...
by Ishmael Sistrunk Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American I understand. Violence and looting have ripped apart North County since the shooting of...
(The Washington Post) – There are many ways to get celebrity activism wrong when it comes to a situation like the one that has emerged...
By Chris King Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Brother Anthony Shahid prevented far worse mayhem and perhaps bloodshed on the streets of...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For one night, all was well in Ferguson, Missouri. After a change in police command, violent protests decrying...
Rapper Nelly joined the protestors in Ferguson, MO this week. Nelly, who is a native of University City, a suburb of St. Louis, returned home to...
Protester holds a picture of Michael Brown at a rally and vigil August 10. Photos: Cartan X. Mosley by Jihad Hassan Muhammad Special to the NNPA from...
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — An attorneys’ group is suing to try to get police records about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson, Missouri, to meet with federal law enforcement authorities investigating the police...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police and protesters collided in the streets of Ferguson again late Monday, a day after the Missouri...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist It doesn’t matter if you are state legislator or an alderman, a journalist or a local leader. If you are...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Occasionally, police officers behave in such as dastardly manner that it captures international attention. There was the 1997 famous video...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The disjointed, gap-laden manner in which Ferguson, Mo. Police Chief Thomas Jackson revealed the name of the police officer...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, there is a Black American family...
