By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Three unarmed Black men encountered a group of White men walking down a dirt road in Slocum, Texas on...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist My early days of being an activist seem so simple now. A hot head reporter or radio personality...
By Attorney Benjamin L. Crump NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist “Wrong is wrong: justice needs to be served,” is a statement that my client Jannie Ligons...
By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist Does it really matter who wins the Presidency? How can it matter to Black folks, considering the way we...
By Wade Henderson NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist Both of my parents worked in stable government jobs, so I had the privilege of growing up in...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist There is no debate concerning the irrefutable fact that The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist In progressive policy circles, and during the Democratic presidential debates, people are talking about income inequality. Though this phenomenon...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist Billions of dollars and thousands of jobs have passed us by due to the noncompliance of Section 3...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist Whenever we begin a new calendar year, it can be useful to make New Year’s Resolutions to...
By Alma Gill NNPA News Wire Columnist Dear Alma, I interviewed for a nursing position at a large hospital in my hometown. The job involves working...
By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist Our seemingly endless conversations about what Black people “need to have” and “need to do” are nothing short of...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Jannie Ligons is an Oklahoma City grandmother who left a friend’s house to drive home. She collided with Daniel...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist On the same day that President Barack Obama gave a stirring and historically grounded commemoration regarding the 150th anniversary...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist The Gospel is about “Good News” for all humanity. In particular the Black Church in America has...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist It has been two years since our President declared the ISIS movement a “JV” team. He implied this...
By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist Gil Scott-Heron once asked: “Just how blind will America be? The world is on the edge of its seat;...
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., says that climate change for African Americans is a matter of life and death. By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire...
By Alma Gill NNPA News Wire Advice Columnist Dear Alma, I found e-mails my wife has been writing to an old boyfriend who’s now in jail....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist As I watched the Republican debate on October 10, I thought about Kanye West and the comments he made after Hurricane...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I will never forget the debate that engulfed Black America at the time of the nomination of Clarence Thomas to...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Hi Alma – I’m divorcing my husband of 24 years. (The ink is just about dry) We have been apart for...
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist As one of the co-founders of the evolving environmental justice movement worldwide, I am always interested in how...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black Americans continue to face serious disparities in education, employment, and in economic development. While over 45 million Black...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There are two federal agencies that are responsible for measuring the earth’s temperature. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In war, one of the first things the enemy does is destroy his adversary’s ability to communicate within its ranks. Chaos...
