DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 7-year-old boy who was one of seven people shot to death in Chicago over the holiday weekend was...
(Slate) – Here’s a map put together by historian Liam Hogan, with help from five co-conspirators. Hogan and his group are trying to track past instances...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle The search for a new Charleston County schools superintendent has been an ongoing controversy. Last...
By Bethania Palma Markus Special to the NNPA from The Westside Gazette At least five Black churches burned overnight recently and three have been attributed to arson....
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Sixty-six percent of states that elect prosecutors have no blacks in those offices, a new study has found, highlighting the lack...
Rich Schapiro and Dareh Gregorian, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK (The New York Daily News) — She might be Eric Garner’s daughter, but...
Peter Nickeas, Alexandra Chachkevitch and Jeremy Gorner, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE CHICAGO (The Chicago Tribune) — After a relatively quiet start to the Fourth of July...
Peter Nickeas, Alexandra Chachkevitch and Jeremy Gorner, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE CHICAGO (The Chicago Tribune) — After a relatively quiet start to the Fourth of July...
Jeffery Collins, ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The depth of support for bringing down the Confederate flag gets its first test in the South Carolina...
Rachel L. Swarns, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — The lanky black detective strode to the front of the...
Lauren Talarico, KHOU 11 NEWS SPRING, Texas (KHOU.com) — A Spring family is trying to figure out who vandalized their truck overnight with hate speech...
Lauren Talarico, KHOU 11 NEWS SPRING, Texas (KHOU.com) — A Spring family is trying to figure out who vandalized their truck overnight with hate speech...
Janet McConnaughey, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About to be overrun by Germans, a young black lieutenant called in an artillery barrage on his...
Janet McConnaughey, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About to be overrun by Germans, a young black lieutenant called in an artillery barrage on his...
Elias Isquith, SALON (Salon.com) — It’s been a little more than two weeks since nine human beings, all African-American, were murdered in a Charleston, South...
Elias Isquith, SALON (Salon.com) — It’s been a little more than two weeks since nine human beings, all African-American, were murdered in a Charleston, South...
(NBC News) – Police have said so for years and now scientists have measured the effect: Mass shootings and school attacks do inspire copycats. As...
(CNN) – Baltimore authorities are investigating after photos emerged showing a sign inside the door of a police van that reads, “Enjoy your ride, cuz...
(CNN) – Baltimore authorities are investigating after photos emerged showing a sign inside the door of a police van that reads, “Enjoy your ride, cuz...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press RAY HENRY, Associated Press GREELEYVILLE, South Carolina (AP) — As social media buzzed about church fires in the South, investigators announced Thursday...
(The Washington Post) – History is the polemics of the victor, William F. Buckley once said. Not so in the United States, at least not...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times This past Thursday, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Trustees voted...
The Associated Press The national president of a U.S. civil-rights group said Wednesday that Confederate symbols represent “treason” and should be removed from public objects, including...
(Los Angeles Times) – The Supreme Court term that ended this week will be remembered for the landmark ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, but...
(NPR) – In the 1990s, states went on a prison-building binge. Today, millions who spent time in those prisons are back in society — and...