President Obama recent call for sensible gun legislation is extremely important to the safety of our nation. According to statistics released by the FBI, firearms are used in
At 76 years old, Merri Dee’s life reads a bit like a Hollywood screenplay: love, loss, intrigue. She was a local television star with 43 years in Chicago
(AP) — Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki passed Shaquille O’Neal on the NBA’s all-time scoring leaderboard. Nowitzki is now sixth behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe Bryant (32,928), Michael Jordan(32,292) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419). O’Neal finished his career with 28,569
By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist Is it possible to have a Black consciousness and be a Christian? Are the terms contradictory? Is “Conscious Christian” an oxymoron?
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist Whenever we begin a new calendar year, it can be useful to make New Year’s Resolutions to prioritize and
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA News Wire Columnist Three years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut where a lone 20-year-old gunman wielding an assault
Mark your calendars! Registration for Jarvis Christian College’s Spring 2016 semester is Jan. 6-8. New and transfer students register Jan. 6 and returning students register Jan. 7-8. Classes start Jan.
By Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist The financial services industry is a vast matrix of banks, credit and debit cards products, venture capital and mortgage
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