By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley is fond of saying, “Slavery was America’s original sin, and racism remains its unresolved...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — They forgave him. They advised him to repent for his sins, and asked for God’s mercy on his...
(The Washington Post) – After Dylann Storm Roof allegedly shot up an AME church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine people, two flags were lowered more than 100 miles...
MITCH WEISS, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press JACOB JORDAN, Associated Press LEXINGTON, South Carolina (AP) — In recent weeks, Dylann Storm Roof reconnected with a...
(The Post and Courier) – The young white man arrested Thursday in the shooting deaths at a historic black Charleston church lived near the swamps of...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the context of the responses to the lynchings of African Americans by police and racist citizenry, greater and...
BALTIMORE (The New York Times) — The Baltimore riots threw a spotlight on the poverty and isolation of the African-American community where the unrest began last...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist “It is one measure of the depth and insidiousness of American racism that the nation ignores the rage of...
N.D.B. Connolly, THE NEW YORK TIMES BALTIMORE (The New York Times) — In the wake of the Michael Brown shooting and subsequent unrest in Ferguson, Mo., commentators...
Michael Brown, Sr., right, and activist Anthony Shahid lead a protest in Clayton, Mo., the seat of government for St. Louis County. (J.A. Salaam/The Final Call)...
PHOENIX (USA Today) — An Arizona State University course called “U.S. Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness” has gained national attention and landed the...
(Daily Mail) – A former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who now lives in Belize, alongside the very race of people he fought to...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday waded into a controversy over revelations that the House’s No. 3 Republican spoke to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a revelation that could put a crimp in Republican efforts to reach out to minorities in 2016, House Majority Whip Steve...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Now, in the season that’s supposed to exalt goodwill toward all, comes fresh evidence of the important role the White...
LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A proposal to turn the South African home of a slain white extremist into a state-funded museum has...
