Aaron Morrison, THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES PHILADELPHIA (The International Business Times) — After a white supremacist gunned down nine worshippers at the historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When a colleague dropped the line, “You can’t hashtag your way to freedom,” I loved it! I laughed out loud,...
MONTEREY, Calif. (Monterey Herald)—What began as a peaceful and lawful demonstration to raise awareness about police brutality against people of color ended Saturday with several...
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whether it is in an inner city neighborhood across America, the Caribbean, in Europe or in a sprawling mass...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday should have a different impact on the collective consciousness of...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist What now? What a raucous, topsy-turvy, heart-wrenching, angry year we experienced in 2014. We had everything from the sadness of...
Justin Moyer and Nick Kirkpatrick, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Since an unarmed black teenager was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., on...
Jim Salter, ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS (AP) — From street-artist paintings on boards protecting store windows to signs bearing the now iconic statement, “Hands Up....
Tom Kludt, CNNMoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney)—Oprah Winfrey, meet the leaders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. In a recent interview, Winfrey explained what she would like to...
Yamiche Alchidor, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Protests against police treatment of black people have laid bare growing tensions between longstanding civil rights groups that have battled...
Lisa Leff, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A high school basketball tournament on the Northern California coast has become the latest flashpoint in the...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Remember these names: Ashley Yates, Johnetta Elzie, and Deray McKesson. They could get an invite to meet President Obama...
Nia-Malika Henderson, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Over these last few weeks, it’s been hard to miss the presence of hip-hop in protests over incidents...
Jesse J. Holland, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Who, if anyone, is leading the emerging movement around the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist In wake of the tragic plane crash that killed Pastor Myles Munroe his wife, Ruth, and seven other passengers of the...
