By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Just a few days before the corrosive 2016 election, it occurs to me that no matter what the outcome, our...
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By Harry R. Jackson, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) We are in the middle of one of the most volatile and unpredictable presidential elections in living...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) How ironic that this week Americans celebrated Halloween. This is the time of year when a lot of children and...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The call for a moratorium on charter schools by the NAACP is a case of “Throwing the baby out with...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) This presidential cycle has arguably brought out the very worst in our nation. Insults are hurled and people’s character is...
By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I need your advice. I love my son with all my heart. He’s been a good son and...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I will be writing this column in the spirit of the 2002 blockbuster film, “Minority Report,” which starred Tom Cruise....
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I watched the Presidential debate on October 19 in both awe and horror. Awe, because I truly do not understand...
By Rosetta Perry (Publisher, The Tennessee Tribune) Early voting has already begun in some 37 states and Washington D.C. Yet, many Blacks remain unaware of this...
By Glenda Baskin Glover (President, Tennessee State University) This article summarizes why African Americans should be eager to vote this year, and why historically Black colleges...
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO, NNPA) In all democracies, the right to vote is fundamental to the legitimacy of an elected government...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In recent weeks, a spate of news coverage has referred to America’s “inner cities.” Some may even interpret it as...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) What the hell is going on with Blacks in this Republican Party? My phone has been ringing off the hook...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) After returning billions of dollars in restitution that helped more than 25 million consumers plagued with financial struggles, the Consumer...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Since our political discussions are now X-rated, so much so that we must ask children to leave the room before...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The countdown to President Obama’s last one hundred days began on October 13. Already, the President has committed to spending...
By Sam Fulwood III (Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress) Out in the wilds of the Internet exist two sets of memes establishing Supreme Court Justice...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never has so much been said by so many about so little. This feigned outrage at...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Within days of the October 7 deadline for public comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed payday rule, 104...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Black folks in America have been so successfully programmed that many of us are still psychologically enslaved to the point...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) It is clear that it when it comes to jumpstarting the economy, generating jobs and wealth for the average American,...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I’ve been married for six years and I love my husband so much. We met when he...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is anticipating a Trump win in November. Or, at least, he is preparing...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Now that the dust has settled around President Obama’s comments at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards Dinner, let...