By John B. Smith, Sr   ‘New Atlanta’s Founding Father’ Herman J. Russell dies    By John B. Smith, Sr. Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Inquirer     ATLANTA — Herman J. Russell, the native Atlantan born in 1931 from humble beginnings in the Summerhill community who ultimately grew to become founder of […]

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent Group focuses on developing black CEOs   By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent         WASHINGTON (NNPA) —In an effort to increase the relevancy of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) redesigned one of its signature programs to cultivate Black […]

By Rebecca Rivas St. Louis commits to police diversity   by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American       St. Louis legislators will put $50,000 behind a police training program that black police officers created this year to recruit more African Americans into the police academy, said Mayor Francis […]

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —Even with overwhelming support from black voters, Democrats still lost control of the United States Senate in the mid-term elections and President Barack Obama will have to compromise with the GOP-controlled Congress in order to get anything done in his last two years. “First let’s put it […]

By Jane Regan and Yuxiao Yuan SOMERVILLE, Massachussetts(IPS) — Pedro sought a safer life. He traveled to Somerville from Chalantenango, El Salvador on foot, by bus, car, and in the back of a tractor-trailer truck. Now he’s one of 60 new students from Central America who have enrolled in Somerville Public Schools after making it […]

By Marilyn Tavenner, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Fall is a wonderful time of year. Changing leaves. Cooler weather. It’s also the season for people with Medicare to review their current Medicare coverage, as Medicare Open Enrollment begins. As we prepare for Medicare Open Enrollment, which began on October 15 and ends on […]

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Is there any doubt about the preeminence of the race factor that helped to determine the outcome of the 2014 midterm elections across the United States?  I have no doubt. Many of the Democrats who lost their campaigns for Congress and statewide office made no sustained effort to […]

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — In what may be the first test of the GOP-controlled, United States Senate’s willingness to work with the White House, President Barack Obama nominated United States Attorney Loretta Lynch to succeed Eric Holder as the next attorney general. If confirmed, Lynch would become the first Black […]

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —U.S. Attorneys across the nation are professional prosecutors, making sure criminals are locked up for their crimes. Beginning this fall, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia will take on a new and very different role as it turns its attention to those convicted of […]