By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama urged Americans rattled by a week of violence and protests to find “open hearts” and new empathy Tuesday in
NBA OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Kevin Durant decided his best chance for “growth” means leaving his beloved Oklahoma City behind for a big move out West to join
Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, Senior Pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church: It is a profound tragedy that peaceful protest of the unjust killings of two black men by police was
OBAMA TO SLOW PACE OF AFGHANISTAN TROOP WITHDRAWAL WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. will slow the pace of its troop drawdown in Afghanistan, leaving 8,400 troops there when
By Ebony N. Smith After last Thursday I will forever be changed. Not just because of the shots fired but the random act of kindness that occurred shortly
By Barrington M. Salmon (NNPA News Wire Contributor) When the southern African nation of the Republic of Botswana gained independence from Britain in 1966, it was ranked as
By Kai EL’Zabar (Executive Editor, Chicago Defender) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to Chicago on her Midwest Campaign jaunt to address the Women’s International Luncheon at
SOCCER EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Lionel Messi put his penalty kick over the crossbar, grabbed his shirt, clenched his teeth and covered his face with both hands. A few
By Denise Rolark-Barnes (Chairperson of the NNPA) and Benjamin F. Chavis (President and CEO of the NNPA) Hundreds of newspapers have disappeared in the last 15 years and readership
