By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist In the 2008 presidential election, Blacks were the largest voting bloc for Obama (as a percentage)—96 percent. In 2012, Obama received...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist What is the plan for our nation’s cities? Are they simply to simmer with a growing divide between the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist For most people, a car paid in full is a sign of financial freedom. When monthly notes are done, household budgets...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Does anyone remember what life was like before cell phones? Almost makes you wonder how in the world we were able...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Due to Supreme Court rulings that were occurring in the United States, President Barack Obama’s advocacy for gay rights took place...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist If you’re looking for the justice on the Supreme Court who mirrors Thurgood Marshall’s tenure on the bench, it is...
By Sherrilyn A. Ifill NNPA Guest Columnist The Voting Rights Act has been described as the “crown jewel” of civil rights legislation. Its passage was secured...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama should lead a forceful drive to revive the Voting Rights Act, which was effectively disemboweled by...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist For decades now, July 4th has always compelled in me to reconsider, and more deeply appreciate, Frederick Douglass’ famous oration of...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist My heart was shattered while I was working at 60 Minutes when my only sister was shot and killed by her husband....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I was 20 years old when Roe v. Wade was decided. A year before the decision, a young woman who lived in my dormitory...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist As more Baby Boomers continue to retire, a new research report has found that the nation is facing a trillion dollar...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It is now five years since the great financial crisis of 2008, which saw housing markets plummet, the stock market...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The other night I was watching television and a commercial came on. It was from Walmart and it was attempting...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Pebbles Ward who is a cast member on hit reality series “South Beach Tow” reached out to the Hip Hop Union...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist President Obama has concluded his three-country tour of Africa. He visited Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. Most presidential trips overseas have...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist The National Republican Committee surely needs to convince Black Americans of the benefits of joining their party. Is the Republican Party’s...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In its latest affirmative action ruling, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court, ruled the same way it...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The latest session of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) had the interest of Black Americans like never before. On the...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Last week, the Supreme Court’s conservative faction revealed more clearly than ever before its true colors. It showed that in...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week liberal Blacks and Whites went crazy after the Supreme Court issued its ruling on affirmative action and the voting...
By Jesse Jackson NNPA Columnist In its decision last Monday on affirmative action, the Supreme Court punted. It reviewed the University of Texas’ affirmative action program — in...
By Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson NNPA Guest Columnist With its ruling on the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has taken the country back to a...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “If you had a choice of color, which one would you choose my brother?” –Curtis Mayfield – 1969 In the official U.S. 2010...
