NAACP Statement on the 53rd Anniversary of the March on Washington
Baltimore, MD – The NAACP issued the following statement in observance of the 53rd Anniversary of the March on Washington....
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Sanders Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline
BURLINGTON, Vt. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in support of grassroots and legal efforts to...
Baton Rouge Man Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Term For Mailing Threatening Letters To Federal And State Courthouses
BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that BRIAN CAVALIER, age 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,...
Madigan Sues Drugmaker Insys for Deceptive Sales of Opioid Painkiller
Attorney General Madigan Accuses Drug Company of Selling Cancer Pain Medication to Non-Cancer Patients to Turn a Profit CHICAGO,...
Unemployment Rates Decrease in Twelve Metro Areas
Much of Downstate still suffering job losses CHICAGO, IL –Twelve of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas experienced decreases in their over-the-year...
NAACP Statement on Houston Protest by White Supremacists
Baltimore, MD - The National NAACP issued the following statement in response to a protest held outside the Houston branch...
Alleged Child Abuser Apprehended After 23 Years on the Run
In 1993, Boston-area resident John Hartin was 23 years old when he befriended two young boys—ages 6 and 9—and allegedly...
State’s Attorney Charges Nine in Indictments Targeting Benefits Fraud
Nine individuals who perpetrated fraud schemes that cheated taxpayer funded government benefit programs out of millions of dollars have been...
Black Lives Matter Collaborates With Planned Parenthood – The Zenith of Oxymoron
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The African American community was once viewed as the conscience of the nation but has now paid...
Award-Winning Civil Rights Journalist and Black Press Columnist George Curry Dead at 69
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire) - Pioneering Civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the reputed dean of...
