By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist As millions of Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas and their belief that God entered human history as...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa – It’s not easy walking in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, the nation’s first democratically elected...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The mainstream media has had difficulty understanding the eruption of strikes in the fast food industry. They have acted...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “I assumed that with knowledge, sacrifice would automatically follow. In my youth and idealism I did not realize that selfishness...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Christmas is supposed to be a joyous time of the year. But, political correctness has turned Christmas into Christmess. One...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist As higher education costs continue to increase faster than most consumers’ income, college loan debt has now topped $1.2 trillion....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Okay, hopefully, we can all sit back and catch our breath for a few minutes before 2014 rolls in. Our...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist What’s the greatest trick the devil ever pulled? Convince the world he didn’t exist. Rick Ross and Jay Z released...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist There are two ways to end a recession. One is to increase federal spending on the theory that people will...
By William Spriggs NNPA Guest Columnist Last week the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee announced it will ease back on its “pedal to the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It was the early 1970s and my mentor, the late Arthur Fletcher, received the “green light” from Secretary of...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Just weeks after the White House snubbed Simeon Booker for a Presidential Medal of Freedom, a backbencher has introduced House Bill...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Unfaithful Brother-in-Law Dear Alma, My BIL has been unfaithful to his wife for years. Everybody knows, and I’m sure...
NEWS ANALYSIS By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) – President Obama and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist “The cemeteries are full of indispensable men,” Charles De Gaulle, the great, imperious hero of World War II and subsequent...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the tradition of the Black Church in America, the right hand of fellowship handshake is extended as...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Where do you begin to talk about the greatness of Nelson Mandela? The world has been blessed with very...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist PRETORIA, South Africa – Jesse Jackson left the Southern Sun Hotel in downtown Pretoria shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday,...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Guest Columnist As chairman of Freedom, Inc. in Youngstown, Ohio, a community-based, Pan Africanist organization, I was privileged to be among...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Former Kansas Senator and 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole was recently presented with an award that is named after...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have had difficulty believing the uproar in right-wing circles over President Obama shaking hands with Cuba’s President Raul...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In the aftermath of a recent report that found the lack of student loan servicing standards and information on monies...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist An article published on nky.com, titled, “Running for Senate not job for paupers, stated: “The average household in the United States...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week, Joyce Jones, a columnist for BET.com wrote an article titled, “The Loneliness of the Black Republican: What attracts...
