Shevry Lassiter talks health with men at Mason’s barber shop. Filmed and edited by Rising Spivey.
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates isn’t the first political appointee to analyze the work of an administration he served, even...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Isn’t it time to think of the Republican Party’s quest for the presidency as haunted? That’d be a good...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is a critical and long overdue discussion about the fate of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist When it comes to gaining true freedom, the words and actions of our most revered Black authentic leaders emphasized economic...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I have been delaying writing this column for more than a year, but in light of recent developments, I have...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The streets of South Tel Aviv were teeming with people. We first saw...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In many American schools, the holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is used as an opportunity to...
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By Michael A. LeNoir, M.D. NNPA Guest Columnist Good health should be on minds of everyone, especially African Americans, at the beginning of this New...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist The Obama White House continues a pattern of attacking symptoms instead of the underlying disease, one rehashed progressive ploy at...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist For the United States, World War II began after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – The Nissan Versa Note SV was one of those capable vehicles that seem to have slipped under the...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of a war on poverty brought long overdue attention to his...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hasn’t been this alive since 1968. He’s no longer that visually distant, two-dimensional figure,...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist This month will mark the 85th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Across the nation and throughout the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty at roughly the same time we’re observing the 85th birthday...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared a war on poverty. Appalled by the way too many Americans lived,...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I have written about the huge opportunity Black dissatisfaction with Obama presents to the Republican Party. It’s time to speak...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “I’d go to the NAACP and talk about why the African-American community should be demanding paychecks and not be satisfied...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Brother A. Peter Bailey wrote a very enlightening article, titled, “Black Leaders, Past and Present, Speak on the Need for...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Children are not little adults. Adolescents are not the same as adults. We’ve known this for years. The research...
