Stark County NAACP

The NAACP of Ohio president and gambling opponents don't want lawmakers to pass legislation being considered to legalize sports betting.

The measures increase penalties for acts of crime committed during demonstrations and protests, but opponents say the bills affect free speech.

Black history is 365 days a year. The history of African Americans belongs to all Americans; their achievements and accomplishments are gifts to mankind.

The Akron branch of the NAACP has spent the past three months working to get people registered to vote.

Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, Jan. 30:NAACP endorses voting ballot intiative;Ohio rolls out program to fight toxic algae;Lawmakers…

Here are your morning headlines for Monday, Jan. 27:Akron teachers approve contract;St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School to close;Former judge, civil…

Nearly two dozen groups and individuals are asking Ohio’s top elections official for a list of voters who could be dropped from the rolls this fall, so…

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, December 11:Activists to protest inhumane jail conditions;Two charged in planning attacks near…

Former Cuyahoga County Jail inmates and their advocates described their experiences with the facility at a meeting in Cleveland’s Kinsman neighborhood Thursday night. The city’s NAACP chapter, civil rights attorneys and others organized the meeting at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in response to a U.S. Marshals Service report from November, which found inhumane jail conditions that violated inmates’ constitutional rights.

Groups representing low-income people are calling on state regulators to reject AT&T’s plan to drop out of a federal program that helps over 10,000 of its…