Editorials
Another Missed Opportunity
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist DURBAN, South Africa – On my first night here to cover the 26th International AIDS Conference, I had dinner with Phill Wilson, president and CEO of the […]
Month: August 2016
Editorials
How Much Do Black Child Lives Matter?
by Marian Wright Edelman Four little girls were changing into choir robes and chatting in a church restroom preparing for the Youth Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, […]
Health
Is a Vaccine that Protects Against Alzheimer’s on the Horizon?
By Julie Nakis, ahchealthenews.com Scientists are one step closer to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., as a vaccine that can prevent and slow the progression of the […]
Editorials
Intellectual Honesty about Race and Criminal Justice Reform
Ben Chavis By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr NNPA President & CEO There is an old adage that posits “The more things appear to change, the more they stay the same.” Once again millions of Americans […]
National
Marilyn Mosby on Freddie Gray’s case: We Could Try the Cops 100 Times with the Same Result
(Andrew Burton/Getty Images) by Victoria Massie (Vox) A year after Freddie Gray, 25, died from a neck injury he incurred while in the custody of Baltimore police officers after an unlawful arrest, prosecutors announced that […]
Political
Bipartisan Backlash for Trump for Criticizing Muslim Father
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump sparked bipartisan backlash, after the Republican attacked the bereaved parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain who spoke at the Democratic convention last week. Critics from both parties on […]
Political
Courts in 3 States Block GOP Effort to Restrict Voting Rights
CHICAGO (AP) — Courts have dealt setbacks in three states to Republican efforts that critics contend restrict voting rights — blocking a North Carolina law requiring photo identification, loosening a similar measure in Wisconsin and […]