By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Having survived several abusive bosses I was intrigued when my wife mentioned that there was a study on abusive bosses...
By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. NNPA Contributor Across the country, parents have been in revolt against high-stakes standardized testing, with kids tested over and over again...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is an old African proverb that says: “Where you put your wealth signifies where and how your life’s...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist This really struck me in the immediate aftermath of the South Carolina flood. I have two friends—a couple—who live in...
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black America needs more good news and positive news. Too often headlines in American media have the proclivity...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” –Theodore Roosevelt “History is important....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist In contrast to the more entertaining Republican presidential candidate debates, the first Democratic presidential candidate debate was more absorbing. We heard...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The CNN Democratic debate was nothing short of embarrassing, insulting, and dismissive of Black people. While the men did not wear...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist On Friday, September 25, 2015 America lost a special leader. I have had the pleasure of working with three of...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The old adage, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’ seems somehow an apt description for what a...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It has been both interesting and unsettling to watch the attacks from the political Right on the Black Lives Matter...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The Civil Rights Movement in the United States identified a long list of issues that were broadly considered the...
By Phill Wilson NNPA Columnist The world lost a hero, the AIDS community lost a leader, the Black AIDS community lost a giant and many of...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba and the United States has been an auspicious journey. The Pope has visited Washington, D.C., Philadelphia...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush thinks he can become president of the United States if Republicans can double their...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist When Donald Trump first spoke about his intentions to run for president and called out Mexicans and Hispanics in general,...
By Oscar H. Blayton NNPA Guest Columnist Among the many windswept cliffs that stand guard on the shores of the island of Okinawa, one is...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The September 17 coup against the interim president of Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando, contains important lessons regarding the struggle...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Financial security can often feel like a tug of war with earnings and income on one side and the cost...
By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist Jeffrey Hayzlett is a marketing powerhouse who has built a massive business from the ground up. He started as a...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Pope Francis speaks out faithfully and forcefully against poverty and has been called “the pope of the poor.” But...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist (The following are excerpts from testimony I gave before the Civil Rights Commission explaining the discriminatory practices via an...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Ex-Wife Taking Up Too Much Time Dear Alma, My husband was married very young, from the age of 20-22. The...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist From the moment...
