The Cincinnati Herald Staff (The Cincinnati Herald, NNPA Member) The family of a 3-year-old boy who fell into a Cincinnati Zoo gorilla’s compound Saturday, is being investigated by Cincinnati police in connection with the incident, according to a statement released by Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters Tuesday. The zoo response team shot and killed the […]
As Death Tax Looms, Prince’s Estate May Stay in Limbo for Years
by Avis Thomas-Lester Urban News Service How much is a vault of unreleased songs worth? What’s the value of a guitar played by a musical genius? Is Uncle Sam owed anything on a chifforobe full of rock star finery? And, what’s the going rate for a “glyph” created to protest against an artist’s record company? […]
Film Review: Keanu
by Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic They’re 50 percent Black, 50 percent White. 100 percent Nerd. Go figure. Left to their own devices and dull lives, not a lot of excitement comes their way. Until that fateful day when a lost and forlorn kitty shows up at the door. Then all hell breaks […]
Black Comedians React to Larry Wilmore’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner Jokes
by Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer President Barack Obama dropped his microphone at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, acknowledging what everyone had already concluded: he slayed it! Larry Wilmore didn’t do so bad as host, either, at least depending upon who is doing the review and if you’re among those willing […]
Criminal Justice Reform Snagged in Campaign Politics
by Dee Hunter Urban News Service Planned reforms to federal drug and sentencing laws that imprisoned many African-Americans have become locked up by election- year politics. “The cost of incarceration and a growing awareness of the problems with mandatory minimum sentences have created a diverse coalition calling for reforms,” said Kevin Ring, of Families Against […]
Chicago Home of “The First Lady of the Black Press” Is Falling Apart
by Erick Johnson The Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member The roof is coming apart. The creaky wooden porch is aging with growing cracks. And the navy blue paint that once adorned the steps is peeling away. Nearly 100 years ago, this white, two-story house in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood on the city’s south side became the […]
Race Still Plays a Significant Role in Determining Who Gets Ahead in America, Says Clinton
by Joan H. Allen Associate Publisher Daily Challenge It was a packed house at the National Action Network’s 25th Anniversary Convention’s Plenary Session for Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton’s speech. Rev. Al Sharpton addressed the press. “When we say, ‘yes’ and ‘amen,’ that’s not a heckler,” he quipped. “When the media asks, ‘why did Secretary […]
Former Detroit Gang Member Now a Gang Peacemaker
by Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service Ray Winans, once affectionately known as “Killer Ray,” is helping reduce gun violence in Detroit — one gang member at a time. The 37-year-old former gang member is an unconventional activist who mediates among gangs, police and federal prosecutors while encouraging young black men to end their lives […]
Near Ferguson, Ghosts of Hiroshima Haunt Fuming Landfill
by Josh Peterson Urban News Service BRIDGETON, Mo. – Outside Ferguson, Missouri, another issue burns. This time, it’s environmental. An underground fire smolders toward radioactive waste tied to the atomic bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This subterranean inferno threatens to sicken area residents, just 10 miles from the site of the controversial, police-involved death […]
Today’s Aging Minorities Most Impacted by Poor Finances
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Even as the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, and the 80th anniversary of Social Security, issues of race, class, and access remain recalcitrant barriers to elder security. Particularly among Blacks, living longer has often meant subsisting […]
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