Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in his presidency, Barack Obama will stand before a Republican-led Congress to deliver his...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder called Thursday for better record-keeping on how often police officers use force and are themselves...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder called Thursday for better record-keeping on how often police officers use force and are themselves...
(Politico) – Republicans in Congress are doing a 180 on net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to issue new rules within weeks. For...
(Politico) – Republicans in Congress are doing a 180 on net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to issue new rules within weeks. For...
(Mother Jones) – In August of last year, a 16-year-old high-schooler in Summerville, South Carolina, turned in a creative writing assignment about shooting his neighbor’s...
(Mother Jones) – In August of last year, a 16-year-old high-schooler in Summerville, South Carolina, turned in a creative writing assignment about shooting his neighbor’s...
City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Councilmember Larry Reid will hold a special Oakland City Council hearing on Saturday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m., at City...
By Kevin M. Burke, Ph. D., The Root While much is being made about the new movie Selma’s depiction of the complicated relationship between the Rev....
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — The Republican National Committee’s executive committee voted Wednesday to censure Michigan Republican Dave Agema and seek his resignation after he linked...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced revised guidelines for obtaining records from the news media during criminal leak investigations,...
JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Republican-controlled Congress is facing an old problem: where to find the money for highway and transit programs....
JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Republican-controlled Congress is facing an old problem: where to find the money for highway and transit programs....
Hundreds of people from more than two-dozen groups associated with the Anti-Police Terror Project (APTP) will join thousands around the country in 96 hours of action...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican U.S. House voted Wednesday to overturn President Barack Obama’s key immigration policies, approving legislation that would eliminate...
STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has vetoed just two measures in his six years in the White House, the fewest...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are in retreat in more ways than one this week. As Democratic senators...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Republican National Committee’s 168 members gather this week in San Diego for the party’s annual winter meeting....
(New York Times) – Can Jeb Bush win the Republican presidential nomination while defying the most ideologically committed wing of his party? Bill Clinton did this successfully in 1992,...
North Carolina Congressman Has Civil Rights History by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer After his unanimous selection as the next...
by Nayaba Arinde Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Since the murders and subsequent funerals of two members of the New York...
by Bridjes O’Neil Special to the NNPA from The St. Louis American Members of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus met with those from the Organization for...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Attorney General Kamala Harris said Tuesday that she is entering what is...
Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—Senior Democrats, dissatisfied with the party’s tepid prescriptions for combating income inequality, are drafting...
Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—Senior Democrats, dissatisfied with the party’s tepid prescriptions for combating income inequality, are drafting...