NNPA NEWSWIRE — With new voter suppression laws, the leaked Roe V. Wade opinion, and the assault on many other rights, some question whether the voting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Following the murder conviction of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, three other cops were found guilty in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Needing 51 percent of the vote, Question 2 – as it was known – failed by a 57 percent to 44 percent vote....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black students report the highest percentage of racial bias incidents nationwide (CRDC, 2018) more than any other racial group of students. This reporting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With President Joe Biden intimating a change to the archaic and racist Senate rule that requires 60 votes to pass legislation, the two...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We owe a debt of gratitude to Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Karen Bass for their tireless efforts to reach an agreement, despite...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The order prevents federal agencies from providing local police with military-grade equipment, which was used by Ferguson, Missouri, officers after police shot and...
By Candace J. Semien (The Drum, NNPA Member) Leaving the city of Baker, Louisiana, I turned left onto the interstate faster than I normally would. I...
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper White House efforts to foster improved policing and better ties between communities and law enforcement went a step...
WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS (The Huffington Post) – On July 13, Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman, was found dead in her jail cell in Waller County,...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press JIM SUHR, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The co-chairman of a reform panel formed after the Ferguson police shooting of Michael...
EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Seattle man was arrested in January during a demonstration to protest police violence. Though he has yet to...
by William J. Ford Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Vanessa Fleeton recalled when a Black police officer became rude to her a few...
SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has become one of the first states nationwide to establish wide-ranging law enforcement rules for body cameras, bias-free...
(Los Angeles Times) – Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Tuesday a measure that prohibits secret grand juries to weigh in on cases involving excessive or...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch voiced strong support Monday for the country’s police officers, praising them as peacemakers and encouraging...
(CBS News) – One year ago, after the death of Michael Brown and the overblown police response to largely peaceful demonstrations, lawmakers in Washington said they had...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3 out of 5 — say they...
The fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, by a white Ferguson, Missouri, policeman was a catalyst for change in the St. Louis...
(Salon) – Black America is tired. The liminal existence of Ellison’s invisible man; Cornel West’s brilliant meditation on “niggerization” as a state of existential fear, where...
(The Atlantic) – The recent spate of highly publicized killings of black men by police officers has driven many people to wonder how common such...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The disparity in the rate at which Missouri authorities pulled over black drivers compared with whites last year...
CHICAGO (USA Today) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday sought to distance the Chicago Police Departmentfrom two ex-Chicago police officers who posed more than a decade ago for...
by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call BALTIMORE (NNPA) – Unrest in a city known yesterday for crab cakes, row houses,...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The centerpiece of an agreement between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice on how to...
