NNPA NEWSWIRE — “After preparing final text, this package of six full year Appropriations bills will be voted on and enacted prior to March 8,” Johnson,...
By Je’Don Holloway-Talley For The Birmingham Times Nicole LaMont was like any typical adolescent—fully functioning limbs, faculties, and all five senses. That changed for her at...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, Lila Brown, and Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media The NAACP California Hawaii State Conference is hosting its 36th State Convention,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Brazos County [Texas] Sheriff’s Office has been in contact with Paul Murray over the past two weeks at the request of family...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With years of experience working at senior levels in the executive branch, Ambassador Susan Rice knows government inside and out and will carry...
Alan Zerembo, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times) – On most health measures, blacks fare much worse than whites — differences that have...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the battle of the watchdogs. The inspector general’s office at the Department of Veterans Affairs is defending...
(The Washington Post) – Thousands of female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In 2003, we were lied into a war with Iraq. Just about everyone now admits that. At the same time...
Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to turn around a troubled agency, President Barack Obama will nominate former Procter & Gamble executive Robert...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The last Monday in May, Memorial Day, was designed to honor those who died in service to our country. It is...