Local
City Under Seige by Protesters
Recent protests causes around the city range from outrage over the decision not to indict officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner to the photo of a nude pregnant woman at a […]
Articles by Staff
Lifestyle
Nikki Brunson is a Celeb for her 45th Birthday!
Nikki Brunson owner of Celeb’s Corner Kitchen restaurant held an after Jaguar game birthday celebration. Every Jaguar home game Nikki opens her restaurant doors to Jaguar fans for a taste of Celeb’s gourmet food and […]
Editorials
Race in the Un-United States of America
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The understandable attention being focused on differing attitudes among Whites and Blacks toward law enforcement authorities in the wake of decisions by grand juries in Missouri and New York […]
Education
FAMU Rebounds – Academic Achievements, Patents and Fundraising Soars
Tallahassee—The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees welcomed the good news. President Elmira Mangum revealed a dramatic change in academic growth, recruitment and fundraising. “FAMU must be “best in class” and that requires outside financial […]
Local
Health Department Ivestigating TB at Raines High School
The Florida Department of Health (DOH-Duval) is currently involved in the contact investigation related to a case of Tuberculosis (TB). The investigation involves an active case at William M. Raines High School; school officials, as […]
Editorials
Breathing Life Into a Movement
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist “I can’t breathe,” gasped Eric Garner, again and again and again. “I can’t breathe,” he said, as several police officers were on top of him, choking him, pushing his head […]
Editorials
Janay Should be Celebrated for Staying with Ray Rice
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Feminists claim that women should take more control of their lives, arguing that women are capable of making decisions about their lives and what is in their best interest without […]
Editorials
Police Shooting Victims Lives ‘Worth’ Less than a Ham Sandwich
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In Tom Wolfe’s best-selling The Bonfire of the Vanities, New York State Chief Judge Sol Wachtler famously said “a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich, if that’s what […]
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No Indictments in Brown and Garner Murders Cause Mass Protests Around the Country
What is the value of a black man’s life in America? That’s the question being asked all over social media after a grand jury in Ferguson, MO. decided not to charge the police officer that […]
Sports
Rice wins appeal, ‘suspension vacated’
by Barry Wilner NEW YORK (AP) – Ray Rice has won the appeal of his indefinite suspension by the NFL, the players’ union said Friday. NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah told The Associated Press […]