By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Alison Parker, a rookie news reporter at WDJB, the Roanoke, Va. CBS affiliate, had turned 24 just days before she...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Katrina does not need the word “Hurricane” as a descriptor; we are on a first name basis with her. Thousands...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I used to play video games. I would play various video games, including those involving warfare and shooting. I...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “It is necessary to reaffirm that employment is necessary for society, for families and for individuals. Its primary value...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist After the horror of the racist terrorist murders in Charleston, S.C., many of us have been crying out with...
By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist Steve Gilliland is a motivational personality who did not read about rags to riches stories – he lived one. Today,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I have seen many successes during my life, but I have never seen anything close to the rollout and...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Karl Marx famously wrote, “History repeats itself, first time as tragedy, second as farce.” So, his ghost must have...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Fighting for freedom and equality comes in numerous different forms, vessels and vocations, particularly in a society with...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Different Parenting Styles Dear Alma, My neighbor and I have been friends for three years. I relocated from out of...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist If you had asked me just a year ago if former Secretary of State and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist It’s sad enough when a violent crime mesmerizes the nation – such as the murder of nine African Americans...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There will be many remembrances written in light of the 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. There are...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “So let us restore all that we have cherished from yesterday, and let us rise above the legacy of...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist I became an admirer of Jimmy Carter shortly after he took office as the nation’s 39th president. I was 12...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist On August 1, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization began a journey that will cover 860 miles...
By Melvin P. Foote NNPA Columnist Over the past year, I have written and publicly commented often about Nigeria. Some of the things that I...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Taken every five years and published in phases over two or three years, the Economic Census of Black-owned businesses has...
By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist With revenues in excess of $5 billion and more than 2,200 employees in 48 states and six countries, World Wide...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist When I was growing up, my parents constantly tried to be and to expose us to good role models....
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Our competitive spirit strengthens our culture. America is the number one economy and the strongest nation on earth. We...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The more things change, the more they stay the same. Racially motivated murder of young Black Americans across...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s getting more and more difficult to keep up with the lengthening list of people, groups, and nations the...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Indirectly Subsidizing my Ex Dear Alma, My wife is vicious with a capital V! We were married for 8...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Conservatives are attacking Planned Parenthood so viciously that you would be forgiven if you thought that the organization was...
