NNPA NEWSWIRE — The conclusions are clear: Black Americans face a greater risk of being victims of gun violence compared to their peers. The only question...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…while this nation espouses the valuing of children in general, this does not appear to be the reality as evidenced by the failure...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — WASHINGTON – Yesterday, at a hearing entitled, “Holding Megabanks Accountable: A Review of Global Systemically Important Banks 10 years after the Financial Crisis,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As Trump cries that a border wall is needed to eliminate an imaginary crisis, organizations like the Black and Missing But Not Forgotten,...
PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Anxiety, depression, guilt, sleeplessness, marital strife, drug and alcohol abuse — two years after the massacre at Sandy...
SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers expanded the potential for teachers to bring guns to schools and for residents to openly...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The United States Senate’s failure to pass common sense gun safety measures – the Manchin-Toomey Amendment to expand background...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist At first I wondered why I felt so powerful a sense of déjà vu last week when the Senate...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Sometimes I close my eyes and all I can remember is that awful day…But other times, I feel Ben’s presence...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the wake of the killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. last month and just before Vice President...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The heartrending massacre of 20, 6- and 7-year-old children and six educators in Newtown, Conn. has galvanized public attention...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The horrendous news from Newtown, Conn. has pierced our hearts. A black-clad man in his 20s armed with two semi-automatic...
By Nick Chiles Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Black Star Perhaps there is something special about a presidential tear. Maybe this time, a line...
