Luke Broadwater, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — A fifth member of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Office on Criminal Justice is leaving the agency,...
JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two brothers wrongfully imprisoned for three decades in the killing of an 11-year-old girl say pardons will...
JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two brothers wrongfully imprisoned for three decades in the killing of an 11-year-old girl say pardons will...
(Baltimore Sun) – Pastors and other community organizers plan to walk some of Baltimore’s most violent blocks on weekend nights from 8 p.m. until 1...
By Richard B. Muhammad and Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – Protests were largely peaceful, calls for calm were...
By Richard B. Muhammad and Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – Protests were largely peaceful, calls for calm were...
(Ebony) – “I sent two children to play that day and only one came back.” On November 22, 2014, Samaria Rice’s youngest daughter Tajai Rice, 15,...
(Ebony) – “I sent two children to play that day and only one came back.” On November 22, 2014, Samaria Rice’s youngest daughter Tajai Rice, 15,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Four former CVS theft investigators say their supervisors ordered them to target minority shoppers in some New York City stores, according...
NEW YORK (AP) — Four former CVS theft investigators say their supervisors ordered them to target minority shoppers in some New York City stores, according...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The investigation into the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old black boy holding a pellet gun by a white Cleveland...
(Los Angeles Times) – Nearly 10 months after Ezell Ford was shot and killed by two Los Angeles police officers, his mother said the same questions...
(CNN) – Four people who cheered — allegedly excessively — for their loved ones at a high school graduation ceremony in Senatobia, Mississippi, say they’ve...
(CNN) – Four people who cheered — allegedly excessively — for their loved ones at a high school graduation ceremony in Senatobia, Mississippi, say they’ve...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 40 states allow prison and jails to charge inmates “pay to stay” fees,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 40 states allow prison and jails to charge inmates “pay to stay” fees,...
(The Guardian) – An unarmed black 18-year-old accused of shoplifting was killed by a police officer in Virginia who had been barred from patrolling city streets for...
Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender (NNPA) – Does it surprise you that ultra-weird super-freak Dennis Rodman, whose face looks like a hardware shop with...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As cities across the country have mobilized massive street protests over police violence and misconduct, a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As cities across the country have mobilized massive street protests over police violence and misconduct, a...
By Sandra Larson Special to the NNPA from Bay State Banner via New American Media BOSTON — In Boston’s largely Caribbean and African American Mattapan neighborhood,...
By Sandra Larson Special to the NNPA from Bay State Banner via New American Media BOSTON — In Boston’s largely Caribbean and African American Mattapan neighborhood,...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nonprofit organization behind the SAT college entrance exam is teaming up with a Silicon Valley pioneer in online education to...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – The crime rate has been steadily decreasing for 25 years, but mass incarceration has had very...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The disparity in the rate at which Missouri authorities pulled over black drivers compared with whites last year...