[NNPA NEWS WIRE] By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Minorities clinging to the middle class have come out of the Great Recession at...
[USA TODAY] What was the best-selling vehicle in the world in 2012? Americans might say a Ford F-Series pickup, since it’s the perpetual biggest seller in...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist There has been much discussion about the big picture items in President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal 2014. If...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist You could say “42,” the film about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers great Jackie Robinson, is a gripping baseball...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The right wing seems determined to associate President Obama with any government program that helps people on the bottom. Thus, the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Sequestration is like the sand in an hour glass. When the sand starts falling, it does not seem to...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist As George Benson sang in Moody’s Mood, “There I go, there I go, there I go…” making up words again. ...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The old saying, “The check is in the mail,” is often a ruse not worth heeding. But beginning April 12,...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist CNN contributor Roland Martin, who departed the network on April 6, has been named the National Association of Black Journalists’...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Two years ago, President Obama instituted a policy towards Africa that most Americans are totally unaware of. The policy sent...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Yes indeed and it is documented that the growth of natural gas production is creating jobs, expanding manufacturing at...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist You can call it the “bandwagon effect,” or “political opportunism,” or, the “wake-up-call effect,” or, less cynically, an old American...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Unemployment rates were “little changed” in March 2013 – they were either holding steady or dropping by a tenth of...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A broad coalition of state and national organizations is pushing to preserve a key federal program that has helped more...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Surely you’ve heard the saying, “Money Talks.” But, have you ever wondered what is said about Black money? Obviously, understanding its power...
Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Our nation is moving towards two societies, one black, one white – separate and unequal.” – 1967 Kerner Commission In 1963, more...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Two weeks ago, President Obama met with three African presidents—Koroma (Sierra Leone), Sall (Senegal), Banda (Malawi), and Prime Minister of...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Are you a Zero-TV household? No, I don’t mean restricting the kids’ TV viewing to the weekends or until after...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist In American politics, many object to power flowing through blood rather than through the ballot. A “dynasty” is a sequence of...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday (March 28) washed the feet of 12 young inmates, including two girls and two Muslims, during...
[BLOOMBERG BNA] In a reversal of policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 1 said it will assume that Congress will override an impending cut in...
[CBS NEWS] Teen birth rates have been falling in the United States over the last 20 years, but that doesn’t mean that it still isn’t an...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] President Obama on Tuesday outlined a government-sponsored initiative to map the human brain, casting the proposal as a way to discover new cures for...
[BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK] April 3, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the first call made from a handheld cell phone. But mobile communication had been around for...
