By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Republicans haven’t shown any serious efforts of making Blacks an integral part of their party since the Nixon Administration of...
By Reverend Sam Casey (Founder and Executive Director, COPE) “Be strong and courageous.” The counsel comes from Joshua 1:9, one of my favorite Bible verses, and...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) He’s back. At least on social media. Perhaps buoyed by several recent – and scarcely reported court victories and...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In her book, “Hidden Figures,” author Margot Lee Shetterly pays homage to the African-American women who worked as human...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Without hesitation, Jill Lauren said that the most critical program that should be included under the Every Student Succeeds...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Following a bizarre exchange with American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan, the Congressional Black Caucus is...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Last week, a federal judge in Massachusetts struck down a defamation suit against Bill Cosby in a ruling that...
By Shantella Y. Sherman (AFRO/NNPA Member) NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is set to become the first Black crewmember on the International Space Station when she goes...
By Audrey A. Lundy (North Dallas Gazette/NNPA Member) Muslims have lived in Texas since 1854. They have established mosques, schools and other institutions that serve the...
Letter to the Editor: In her Feb. 9 column, “Why Isn’t President Trump Tweeting about the Solar Panel Industry?” Dr. Julianne Malveaux makes serious allegations, and...
By Roger Caldwell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In politics, I have been told that you pick your battles. But President Trump has a different theory, and he...
By Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, II (President, North Carolina NAACP) On Friday, January 27, 2017, President Trump wrapped up his first week of executive orders...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) LOS ANGELES — Eight hundred Southern California businesses have joined thousands of entrepreneurs across the country in an initiative...
By Harry Colbert, Jr. (Insight News/NNPA Member) No one is better equipped to tell your story better than you. And logic stands to reason that no...
By James Washington (The Dallas Weekly/NNPA Member) Invariably as a Christian, the notion of Satan will come up and that conversation can range from soup to...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Despite a cavalcade of political distractions and a legal battle over immigration, President Trump appears to be focused on...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I love Black History, and so revel in Black History Month. Not that Black History should be constrained to a...
By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. (Founder, Rainbow PUSH Coalition) Donald Trump’s first three weeks in office have left Americans reeling from what Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan...
Racial Wealth Gap Could Close with Systemic Public Policy Reforms, says New Research By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As 2017’s Black History observances unfold in...
By Edward Henderson (San Diego Voice and Viewpoint/NNPA Member) First dates can be nerve-racking, but every once and a while, you get swept off your feet...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Cornell Belcher, the CEO of Brilliant Corners Research, said that it’s no surprise that Black voters have presented a...
By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) The Black unemployment rate continued to improve falling from 7.8 percent in December to 7.7 percent in January, according...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Newspaper Publishers Association has been named the 2017 Organization of the Year at the annual Driven Awards....
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear President Trump, I don’t know why I have become the repository for the frustrations among Black Republicans across the...
