NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’m not a lawyer, but it seemed clear to me that the Justices (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was absent because, in the words...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Robert Schaffer, Public Education Director of Fair Test says, "Schools do not need the SAT or ACT – with or without 'adversity scores'...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a recent study by Pew Research, 84 percent of black respondents said people not seeing racial discrimination where it exists is...
[THE GUARDIAN] Mark Thompson, the chief executive of the New York Times and former director-general of the BBC, is facing a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit alleging...
(The Washington Post) – After the University of Missouri’s student-body president heard people yelling a racial slur at him from the back of a pickup truck,...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Citizens of America: While you were distracted last week by, among other things, the Republican Party’s marathon, second primary...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — BMW has agreed to pay $1.6 million and provide job opportunities for dozens of former black employees who said they were victims...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – It’s an open secret that Black-sounding names can hinder employment, housing, and loan applications. Apparently, basic emails...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist When it comes to public policy, most citizens tend to think in terms of what government can accomplish on their...
DANVILLE, Va. (WSET/CNN) — A black delivery driver for Lowe’s says he was told he could not make a delivery because of his race. The home...
BEIJING (AP) — Racial discrimination and police abuses are rife in the United States, China’s Cabinet said Friday, in a report intended as a counterpoint...
O’Ryan Johnson and Matt Stout, THE BOSTON HERALD BOSTON (The Boston Herald) — The Boston Police Department has upheld complaints against black officers and punished...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When teachers harbor subconscious racial bias, they are far more likely to discipline White students less...
Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NPR.com)—North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has directed his Department of Consumer Affairs to look into reports that some...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the Ferguson, Mo. Police Department sheds a brighter light on...
Wesley Lowery, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—Just days after a scathing report accused police in Ferguson, Mo of over-enforcement that is racially discriminatory and...
Jeremy Kohler, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH FERGUSON, Mo. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)— The mayor of this embattled city said Friday that it would take some time to determine...
Brittney Cooper, SALON (Salon.com)—Ruth Bader Ginsburg has emerged as the liberal hero of a hopelessly right-wing Supreme Court, a ram in the bush for those...
WASHINGTON (Huffington Post)—Dozens of African-American police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, are facing demotions to the positions they held over a decade ago in response to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former soap opera actress Victoria Rowell has sued CBS and producers, saying they have kept her off the air as...
Dave Jamieson, HUFFINGTON POST (Huffington Post)—A group of former McDonald’s workers from Virginia are suing their stores for racial discrimination and sexual harassment — and...
RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — After a 2007 report showed that Iowa had the nation’s highest disparity for sending blacks to...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist One of my mentors asked me why I was so quiet and not making my voice heard in the streets...
Dave Boyer, THE WASHINGTON TIMES WASHINGTON (The Washington Times)—Before flying off to Hawaii for a two-week vacation, President Obama said Friday that most blacks understand...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist An African American friend of mine keeps asking, in utter amazement, how it is not obvious that there was...
