By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide LaMar Johnson smiles easily when he talks about being a father. But before Johnson enrolled...
WASHINGTON, DC President Barack Obama announced on May 18 that his administration will prohibit federal agencies from providing local police certain kinds of militarized equipment. The...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide When the Missouri legislature convened earlier this year, there was hope lawmakers would pass statewide reforms...
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) last week (May 19) launched CBC TECH 2020, a new initiative aimed at engaging the tech sector in increasing...
By Randy Singleton Community Affairs Correspondent New Journal and Guide PORTSMOUTH The City of Portsmouth held its 131th annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday (May 25),...
By John Horton With all the recent “police vs. black men violence” occurrences and racially divisive incidents throughout the nation, many communities and organizations are turning...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. / It’s had tacks in it, /And splinters, / And boards torn...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Freddie Gray is neither the first, nor will he be the last person to die in police custody. According to a...
“Trust the Tuskegee Tradition,” was the theme for the Tidewater Tuskegee Alumni Scholarship Breakfast. The theme echoes the vision/idea embraced by the current Tuskegee President, Dr....
(NSU NEWSROOM-May 14, 2015) The first time Juspin Jones played New York City, he “knocked them dead.” Jones, a theatre performance major who graduated on Saturday,...