Making History is Sometimes About Timing

Ask Alma: My Friend Invites Her Mother Everywhere We Go

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My friend of over 15 years recently made the decision it was time for her and her...

Killing Dylann Roof Won’t Kill White Supremacy

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dylann Roof, the unrepentant racist who killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. is,...

America’s Crumbling Infrastructure Is a Clear and Present Danger

By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. (Founder and President of Rainbow PUSH Coalition) America is literally falling apart. In Flint, Mich., children were poisoned by the lead...

Cop Killings Bear Strange Fruit for the Families of Black Victims

By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I’m about to be extremely facetious! We’re Black, right? We all like a “hook-up” on something every now...

To Be Equal: 5 Things You Need to Know about Vernon Jordan, the “Rosa Parks of Wall Street”

By Marc Morial (President and CEO of the National Urban League) “Don’t just give us money, and don’t just show up for the Equal Opportunity Day...

My boyfriend insisted a gun would keep us “safer” up until the day he shot me in the face

[QZ.COM] I met Kenny in June of 2009. I was 22 and he was 34. I am a blues singer—he’d seen me at one of the...

Liberals Fumble the Ball When It Comes to the Redskins

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I constantly tell my readers to always remember the key tenant of liberalism is “intent, not result.” To a...

Bernie and Donald Are Two Sides of Same Angry, White Coin

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) For all their dueling ideologies, Senator Bernie Sanders and “presumptive Republican nominee” Donald Trump are two sides of the...

How to Get Over Your Inane Fear of Taking a Dump Next to Transgender People

[VERYSMARTBROTHAS.COM] When I went to my office bathroom this past Sunday, I encountered something terrifying that led me to run out shortly after I entered. I...

I Saw These “Stunning” News Anchors and My Jaw Didn’t Drop

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA News Wire Columnist) If you are like me, you sometimes find yourself surfing the Web when you are supposed to be...

It’s Time for Blacks to Diversify their Voting Portfolios

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Blacks gave Obama 96 percent of their votes in 2008 and 94 percent of their votes in 2012. We,...

Ask Carla: Is My Ringback Tone Hurting My Job Search?

By Carla Lane (Houston Forward Times, NNPA Member) Dear Carla, I am currently in the market for a new job. I haven’t had much luck in...

President Obama Deserves a “High Five” for his Speech at Howard’s Graduation

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I was apprehensive when I learned that President Obama would give the commencement speech at Howard University this year....

Learn How to Recognize Your Enemies

By Jeffrey Boney (Houston Forward Times, NNPA Member) I have come a long way and have been through quite a bit on my journey here on...

This Is Why Republicans Continue to Lose the Black Vote

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Those who have followed my writings know that I have been and will continue to be very critical of...

Ask Alma: My Wife Left Me after 38 Years and I Now I Want to DNA Test My Kids

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My wife and I divorced after 38 years of marriage. I still don’t understand why, I want...

Blackonomics: From Power Talking to Power Doing

By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Veteran radio talk show host Carl Nelson, will present his third Power Talk event on June 17-19, 2016 at...

Malia Obama Got into Harvard and Fox News Fans Called Her a “Little Monkey”

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Malia Obama deserves congratulations. Admitted to Harvard University, she has decided to take a gap year, a mature choice...

Harriet Tubman’s Face on the New $20 Bill Is Priceless

By Walter Rhett (NNPA News Wire Contributor) President Obama said in his recent remarks that Harriet Tubman would likely greet the news she was on the...

Beyond the Rhetoric: The Battle over Paisley Park is Going to be One Big Mess

By Harry C. Alford (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Perhaps one of the greatest entertainers of all time suddenly left us on April 21, 2016. Kay and...

DeRay’s Campaign for Mayor of Baltimore is a Win for the Black Lives Matter Movement

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson deserves high props. The young man used his activism as a platform to...

Black Liberals are Hypocrites When It Comes to the N-word

CORRECTION: In an earlier version of this article, the columnist wrote that the White House Correspondents’ Association has “never had a Black journalist to head the...