Blackonomics: Are Black People Becoming Obsolete?

By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Coalition-building is the best way for Black people to make the kind of progress we need to make in...

Harriet Tubman: Economic Freedom Fighter

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) When Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced that Harriet Tubman would grace the new $20 bill, my heart sang hallelujah....

Child Watch: Recognizing All of America’s S/Heroes

By Marian Wright Edelman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Every day I wear a pair of medallions around my neck with portraits of two of my role...

Black Women Won’t Celebrate Equal Pay Day until August 1

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) The Sewall-Belmont House is located at the National Women’s Party in Washington D.C. It is one of the oldest...

Steph Curry Talks about His Faith and Family Values All the Time. Deal With It.

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) What do these four people all have in common: Wardell Stephen “Steph” Curry, II, better known as Steph Curry,...

Protecting the Right to Vote: Democracy Awakening

By Cornell William Brooks (President and CEO of the NAACP) When we think about the right to vote, it is and should be understood to be...

Homosexuality Is the New Black

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) In order to have a fully functioning society, we must have some common baseline of beliefs that join us...

Payday Lending is an Abomination in Plain Sight, says Baptist Preacher

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Every once in a while a congressional committee hearing can almost seem like a time to grab your popcorn...

Blacks Voices Missing from Discussion on Western Sahara

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I was thrilled to hear that there would be a hearing on Capitol Hill regarding the human rights...

What If Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager Was Black

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) It is probably not especially politically correct to bring more race matters into the debacle that is also known...

Veterans and Military Families Most At-Risk for Deceptive Debt Collectors

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) When it comes to consumer concerns, debt collection remains the top complaint most often reported to the Consumer Financial...

Republicans Continue to Pay Lip Service to Blacks

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) As I continue my swing through Eastern Europe, I had every intention of writing about my conversations with the...

Blackonomics: Do Black Organizations Really Have Our Backs?

By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) While Black people are bogged down in shallow and meaningless political discourse, our vaunted Black organizations continue to be...

Trump’s Hostile Takeover of the Republican Party

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I have repeatedly heard many of the talking heads in Washington, D.C. and the Republican establishment accuses Donald Trump...

From Mary Church Terrell to Barbara Lee: Black Women in the Peace Movement

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Some words seem rarely mentioned in this highly toxic political season. We’ve heard about bombs and walls, but very...

Flint Residents Deserve Better than This

[PHOTO] Armstrong Williams says that state and local officials failed Flint residents when it created the water crisis and is failing them now with their lack...

Advice: Ask Alma

By Alma Gill NNPA News Wire Columnist Dear Alma, I need advice about a terrible family situation that involves me and all of my siblings, and...

Black-Owned Media Companies Should Push for More Political Ads

By Roger Caldwell NNPA News Wire Columnist In the 2016 Florida political campaign, there are millions of advertising dollars in play and Black-owned media companies are...

You Have to Understand Why “Diamond” and “Silk” Support Trump

What I Learned from the Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Party

By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist Oh yes, those were troubled times during the decades of the 1960’s and 1970’s. When Beyoncé gave tribute...