By William Reed NNPA Columnist Ask anyone you know and you’ll find most Americans don’t see the validity of the issue of reparations for Blacks...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Depending on the day, what you’re reading or who you’re listening to, the economy is either still in the tank,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It baffles my mind. There are threats and actual terror hits happening all over the world and we are...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I was on “Washington Watch with Roland Martin” last week. This is a weekly TV show that deals with Black...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “No more hurting people. Peace.” – Eight-year-old Martin Richard, a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing Acts of terror like...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When President Obama was first elected, in 2008, much of the world waited to see what sort of changes...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I don’t know where CNN’s John King got the information that a suspect in the Boston bombing was “a dark-skinned...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The United States Senate’s failure to pass common sense gun safety measures – the Manchin-Toomey Amendment to expand background...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Every time the National Rifle Association (NRA) or its political allies block any form of gun control, people throw...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist At first I wondered why I felt so powerful a sense of déjà vu last week when the Senate...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Sometimes I close my eyes and all I can remember is that awful day…But other times, I feel Ben’s presence...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Do you have anything to say about what’s going on in town, or across America? What are your personal priorities...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Once again the Black community has been shown how irrelevant they have become in the U.S. Most of the blame...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist A recent report by Jason Jenkins, Investment U Research, shows that private prisons are earning even more money via warehousing...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) asked for public comments on private student loan debt affordability. By...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Let me first say that I believe a woman should have the right to an abortion. It is the...
[ABC NEWS] The daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, President Obama’s controversial former pastor, has been accused of laundering money in an alleged $1.25 million fraud led by...
[ABC NEWS] The patients who lost limbs as a result of the Boston Marathon bombings might benefit from the lessons learned in treating soldier amputees injured...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Two months after resuming her duties on “Good Morning America,” Robin Roberts revealed she was hospitalized last week. Roberts offered the news on her Facebook page Thursday morning...
[ABC NEWS] Some of the country’s top research institutions have combined to launch a massive online archive. The Digital Public Library of America began beta testing...
[CNN MONEY] Every time you mindlessly give a sales clerk your zip code at checkout, you’re giving data companies and retailers the ability to track everything...
[REUTERS] Using a computer tool to help doctors analyze mammography images increases the number of early, non-invasive breast cancers that are caught, but also means more...
[UPI] Eating a “Western-style” diet — fried food, processed and red meat, refined grains, sweets and high-fat dairy — can reduce lifespan, French researchers say. Lead...
[UPI] The U.S. surgeon general said a public education campaign aims to raise awareness among African-American women on the importance of breastfeeding. Dr. Regina M. Benjamin,...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] For consumers who want to cut their cable cord and get all of their television from the Internet, there’s been a major obstacle:...
