Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The governor of Puerto Rico has decided that the island cannot pay back more than...
Mark Sherman, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Supreme Court upheld the use of a controversial drug in lethal-injection executions Monday, even as two...
Lindsey Bahr, ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Jada Pinkett Smith wasn’t exactly sure what she was getting into when she signed on for...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT (NNPA) – If ever there was a scourge of the auto industry, it is a minivan. Most people...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist On their Website, the Sons of Confederate Veterans describe themselves as preserving the “history and legacy” of the Confederacy. Their...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The other night I listened to a South Carolina state legislator announce his support for pulling down the Confederate...
By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist On Wednesday, June 17, Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old White supremacist, massacred nine Black worshipers in the historic Emanuel...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist My late mother’s favorite hymn was “Amazing Grace.” Her favorite version was sung by the great Mahalia Jackson. Oh,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Now there are some ‘practical’ things we can do. We begin the process of building a greater economic base. And...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Though the keynote address was delivered 163 years ago in Rochester, N.Y. on the significance of the 4th...
(The New York Times) — A Supreme Court ruling last week forcefully reminded state and local governments that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 forbids them...
Special to the NNPA via The North Dallas Gazette As part of the American Heart Association’s Strategically Focused Research Network focusing on Disparities in Heart...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT (NNPA) – For years Lexus sold vehicles on the strength of the brand. Build quality was outstanding, fit...
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...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist By the time you read this, perhaps the disturbing story of Rachel Dolezal, the prevaricating White woman who passed for...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When I read recently that an Israeli government investigation had concluded that the killing of four Palestinian children in...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist This is the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program’s 20th anniversary. More than 135,000 children across the country have...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The cost of air travel, coupled with all of the delays and cancellations, is very frustrating. For example, there was...
(The Daily Nation) — US President Barack Obama will in late July become the first sitting American leader to visit Ethiopia and the headquarters...
Jonathan Keane, PASTE MAGAZINE (Paste Magazine) — The paint hasn’t even dried on the Apple Watch yet following its release a few months ago. It...
Marilynn Marchione, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) — The pushback against soaring cancer drug prices is gaining steam. A leading doctors group on Monday proposed a...
James McIntosh, MEDICAL NEWS TODAY (Medical News Today) — The research is being presented at the joint meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association...
Matt Zoller Seitz, VULTURE (Vulture.com) — All this week, we’re presenting the Vulture TV Awards, honoring the best in television from the past year. The nominees...
Pia Catton, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL NEW YORK (The Wall Street Journal) — Promotions usually mean higher pay, maybe a fancy title. But forMisty Copeland,...
Lucia Mutikani, REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. home resales surged to a 5-1/2-year high in May as first-time buyers stepped into the market, the...