By William Reed NNPA Columnist President Obama has named Melvin L. Watt (D-N.C.) as overseer of government-backed mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When some of us saw the first video of Charles Ramsey, the colorful Black dishwasher in Cleveland who is...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When the FBI announced that they were placing fugitive Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) on the list of most wanted terrorists...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When Beyonce Knowles sang the Etta James song “At Last” at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the song could have...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Dudley Randall’s poem, “It seems to me, said Booker T, I disagree, said W.E.B.” points out an issue that has plagued...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Last year, James Porter, the recently-elected president of the National Rifle Association, declared that President Obama was a “fake...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist President Obama recently nominated Melvin (Mel) Watt, a long-time North Carolina Congressman, to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)....
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I’ve often debated with myself over the obvious ramifications the Hip Hop lifestyle imposes on society. Still, I proudly raise...
By Stella J. Adams NNPA Guest Columnist Private-equity firms, hedge funds and other Wall Street investors are seeking to develop a Real Estate Owned (REO)– to-...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are…for all the land that you see I...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist The sequester is but a bump on the road to America’s real ruin. For those who don’t know, the U.S. is...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I have travelled all over the world and have spent many years of my life studying the history of the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The congressional hearings on May 8 may become the beginning of the end for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Three credible...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist For someone who seems to revel in being silent during the Supreme Court’s traditionally lively oral arguments – when...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I call it The Hip Hop Dilemma. The symptoms are all around us. You hate the new direction Hip...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Anyone despairing that Congress can’t get anything done should note last week’s swift vote to get furloughed air traffic...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – When Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress comrades were plotting to overthrow the White...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The Senate’s Gang of Eight have put together an 844-page monstrosity known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week, I had to make one of the most difficult announcements of my life—I told my family that I...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist According to a new research report, America’s racial wealth gaps will persist until public policy reforms provide every family the...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist I believe our future is in good hands, despite what recent news headlines would have us otherwise believe. You are...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The Obama administration is preparing for an expansion of U.S. military involvement into areas from which it should keep...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “Brighter days are ahead.” “The check is being put in the mail.” That is what the Republicans seem to be...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist Recently, 400,000 poor and underserved Louisianans, many them people of color, were shut out of potentially life-saving health insurance...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist “Oh, what wicked webs they weave.” The Affordable Care Act, a/k/a Obamacare, is starting to raise its ugly head. ...
