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...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A decade after carefully ruling in two University of Michigan cases – striking down the undergraduate admissions procedures and...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist One of the worst ironies of the nagging economic recession is that consumers with the fewest financial resources have lost...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Guest Columnist On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped to the podium of the Riverside Church in New...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist August 2013 represents the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. Publicly associated with Dr. King’s famous “I have...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Thomas Boston, noted economist and author of Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship, in which he called for a strategy that would...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Anna Brown, a St. Louis-based homeless woman, needed treatment for a sprained ankle. She went to three emergency rooms seeking...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Several of my readers of have questioned why I am writing positive articles about my Republican Party. The simple answer...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist The top Black Republicans in the country recently joined Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as he honored “Black Republican...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist As I have been looking at the phenomenon of street gangs in urban areas of our nation, there...
