By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has announced plans to close at least 50 schools as a cost-cutting measure....
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Like too many events since the beginning of the Obama presidency, various attacks on the administration by the Republicans...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist On May 21, I had the opportunity to testify before a Congressional Progressive Caucus meeting on how federal dollars drive...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Speaking to the newly-minted graduates of Atlanta’s historically Black and all-male Morehouse College May 19, President Obama urged them...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Guest Columnist The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) is gearing up for a Day of Direct Action June 17...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist These are very wild times here in Washington, D.C. We are four big scandals going on that could threaten...
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By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A few days ago, HUD released data showing that more 620,000 troubled homeowners received more than $50 billion in principal...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Ka’Nard Allen has been shot twice in his 10-year-old life. On May 12, he went with his mother to...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Remember back-in-the-day when you used to poke your mouth out, bug your parents (or whatever adult was in charge) about...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist There is no easy way or walk to freedom; no shortcuts to justice; no quick fix for conceiving and constructing...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same things you are. Working hard. Supporting your family and your community....
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by Bert Wilkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News This week, Guyana’s main opposition party blasted the South African government for withdrawing...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered on Monday that his trial restart, throwing...
Phil Jackson Special to the NNPA from The St. Louis American In his new book, co-written with Hugh Delehanty and entitled “Eleven Rings: The Soul of...
HOUSTON (AP) — Texans coach Gary Kubiak says safety Ed Reed is doing “really well” as he recovers from hip surgery. The nine-time Pro Bowler signed...
[REUTERS] Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of...
by Max Edison Special to the NNPA from The Houston Defender HOUSTON (NNPA) – Texas Southern University recently held its spring commencement, and one of the highlights...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Yahoo followed its purchase of Tumblr, a cool, hip brand, with a fresh revamp for Flickr, another cool and once beloved start-up that...
[REUTERS] The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. Secretary...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief HARARE, Zimbabwe (NNPA) – With several low-key, but unmistakable gestures, the United States has signaled that it is moving toward...
[NNPA] by James Washington Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly There have been countless volumes of space and dialogue devoted to Jesus’ blood contract...
[NNPA] by Floyd Alvin Galloway Special to the NNPA from the Arizona Informant Before there was Air, there was the Doctor. On May 9, Dr. J.,...