By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “Keeping the music alive” remained the core of Harold Battiste’s philosophical outlook on life and manifested itself in all of his endeavors as a musician, arranger, producer, ... Manifesto reveals racist mindset of Charleston killer
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A racist manifesto linked to Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old white man who confessed to shooting nine Blacks attending Bible Study a week ago ... African Americans are top victims of fraud
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStar News Today) – African Americans are the leading victims of fraudulent transactions compared to Hispanics and whites, which costs unsuspecting consumers billions of ...
Harold Baquet, an acclaimed photographer and activist whose photos captured cobalt sale the heart and soul of the Crescent City for more than three decades, passed away at his home ... Gov. Jindal announces his run for president
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Have missed opportunities doomed Jindal’s chances? In his announcement speech at Kenner’s Pontchartrain Center last Wednesday, Bobby Jindal pledged above all “to grow the private sector economy” if ... African-American and Latino faith leaders meet with advisors to Pope Francis
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer When high-ranking Vatican leaders recently met with representatives from the African-American and Latino communities to discuss the chronic problems of economic exclusion and how race and ... Emanuel AME and the buoyancy of hope
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The Rev. Clementa Pinckney and his fellow congregants of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. gathered as usual in the historic edifice ... Focus on real Black women, not imposters
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist By the time you read this, perhaps the disturbing story of Rachel Dolezal, the prevaricating white woman who passed for Black, led the Spokane NAACP, and wove ... Pres. Obama becoming more outspoken on race
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) — When President Obama returns to Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C. Friday to eulogize the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, it will cap a period ... Whites still live in ‘state of denial’
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley is fond of saying, “Slavery was America’s original sin, and racism remains its unresolved dilemma.” But the unwillingness to face up ...
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