NNPA NEWSWIRE — BALTIMORE – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has announced that Ambassador Patrick...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “While Mayor Lightfoot will be in control, she faces decades of racism, sexism and corruption ingrained in the city’s systems. She will need...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I am running now because when I see our city and I see our people and I look at the conversations that we...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Bernie is indeed a deep-rooted Socialist. In fact, many may argue that he is a Communist. He was an admirer of the history...
President Obama returns to sweet home Chicago Tuesday night to say farewell to the nation. It will be an evening of joy, tears and pride...
President Barack Obama presented awards last Thursday at the White House to two-dozen recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal, including...
By Lauren Burke, NBC News Alicia Garza, one of the three female founders of Black Lives Matter, will be the guest of Rep. Barbara Lee...
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press (AP) – Some African activists have greeted President Barack Obama’s remarks that Ethiopia has a democratically elected government with scorn and...
Obama’s Visit to Kenya — Father’s Homeland Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper President Obama took Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to task over the...
(Politico) – Beneath the ecstatic welcome President Barack Obama will receive when he arrives in his father’s homeland of Kenya on Friday is a lingering sense...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as the public remains closely divided about his presidency, Barack Obama is holding on...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as the public remains closely divided about his presidency, Barack Obama is holding on...
(The Washington Post) – There’s this thing people sometimes say down South. So-and-so is “acting brand new.” Sometimes that’s a reference to people behaving like they...
(Detroit News) – President Barack Obama will visit Kwame Kilpatrick’s federal prison in Oklahoma on Thursday, offering a reminder of how far their careers and fortunes...
By Paul Rockwell I first met Kelly Carlisle at the Acta Non Verba Youth Farm in East Oakland. The quarter-acre garden is located in Tassafarango...
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “His sacrifice must lead to reconciliation,” said U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC). Rev. Clementa...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered a passionate discourse on America’s racial...
(The Washington Post) – President Obama and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. got off to a rough start from the very beginning, when they...
(CNN) – WTF? That’s exactly what the political world has been asking since President Barack Obama went to a garage in Los Angeles to record...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press DAVID ESPO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a triumph of divided government, the Republican-controlled Congress passed major trade legislation Wednesday that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at a gay pride month reception at the White House Wednesday, scolding the protester...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at a gay pride month reception at the White House Wednesday, scolding the protester...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s glad he said what he said. And he believes America proved his point on Monday: Even in the wake of...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s glad he said what he said. And he believes America proved his point on Monday: Even in the wake of...
(NBC News) – President Barack Obama on Thursday addressed the horrific South Carolina church shooting in emotional remarks that invoked America’s turbulent racial history and the heated politics...