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...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Each year the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University assesses the nation’s housing outlook. The just-released The State of the Nation’s...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was struck when I opened the Washington Post the other day and saw the headline on a front-page story: “Poll: Area...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Let me make a “pitch” (pun intended) for Black sports agents. Watching the NBA playoffs and finals was more than an...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the months leading up to this week’s Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, a public opinion poll by ABC...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Forgive me if I come across as cynical, but why is anyone surprised by our domestic spying? I am not...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Do you ever wonder what message our young men are really sending when their pants are sagging to the point of...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist If home ownership is, overwhelmingly, the foundation of individuals’ and families’ economic security in America, Black Americans face a profoundly...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist It seems that the term “poverty” has been sidelined from our national discourse, even though 15 percent of all Americans, and...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist With the deepening polarization of our country, I have been reflecting on the cause of this polarization. One of the...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist I have a black belt in retail therapy, so I was thrilled when I first saw Nielsen’s new in-depth report, Brick by...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Stop that! I’m not going to tell you again.” I am sure many of you have heard your parents say those...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist President Obama and the first lady’s trip to sub-Saharan Africa, scheduled for June 26-July 3, will included South Africa, the West...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Honorable Marcia Fudge Chair – Congressional Black Caucus Re: Racist Construction Unions Chair Fudge: We are very disturbed...
By Jesse Jackson NNPA Columnist New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie recently spoke at a conference sponsored by the Clinton Global Initiative in Chicago on disaster recovery...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “I’m the sole surviving member of my immediate family. I’ve asked myself over and over again why. I now know why.” Cicely...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finds that overdraft fees continue to pose high risks to...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Forgive me, but I am scared Any reader of my columns knows that I pay fairly regular attention to the...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist When I read the recently released report by The College Republican National Committee (CRNC), titled, “Grand Old Party for a Brand New...
