By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist What’s on the minds of many high school students these days—the start of a new school year, getting a...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Happy Birthday, Marcus Garvey! This is not a history lesson; it is simply about homage, recognition, and appreciation of a Black...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have to make a terrible confession: I simply could not watch the first Republican debate for the 2016...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Nineteen-year-old Zachary Hammond was sitting in a Hardee’s parking lot in his hometown of Seneca, SC, on a first date....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Some of the protections that had been enshrined in the Voting Rights Act itself have been weakened as a...
By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist Chris Gardner wrote the book, The Pursuit of Happyness, about his story of being homeless and rearing son while working...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist When it comes to public policy, most citizens tend to think in terms of what government can accomplish on their...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Gone are the days when the Environmental Protection Agency was set up as an agency that would draw recruits...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The fate of the Republican Party’s presidential sweepstakes at the moment is being controlled by two political Frankensteins –...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is an old African proverb that says “The spirit of a freedom warrior will never die in...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Dating My Ex-Husband’s ‘Twin’ Dear Alma, I am new to your page. I am 50 years old, all my kids...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act fell on the same day that Fox News...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist I applaud the Black Lives Matter Movement for renewing attention on police violence against Blacks, an issue that is old...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Many people see this situation escalating, and I think it shows the frustration that many minority communities feel when...
By Oscar H. Blayton NNPA Guest Columnist For more than a century, African tour operators (usually White) have helped their European and American clients bag...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist With as much meaningless and non-redeeming information being discussed on radio and TV among Black folks, I often wonder if...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Money and credit are two items that affect nearly everyone. We earn, spend and sometimes save money. But it seems...
By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist No investors. No venture capitalists. No “Fund Me” campaigns. It was “bootstrapping” with all the money taken from their savings account...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Thousands of pages have been written about the achievement gap – the fact that White kids score higher than either...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist With each scare tactic employed by those who oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, I not only become more...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Immigration is at the top of the news on a daily basis. It is a major election issue for...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The August 6th Fox News-sponsored, two-tiered debate of the GOP presidential primary candidates has shown anew the Republican Party’s...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Almost daily there is another fatal case of racially-motivated police brutality that occurs against a Black American woman,...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist The Mother Ghost Dear Alma, I have a friend and we’ve known each other most of our lives. We’ve spent...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist On August 6, the Voting Rights Act, keystone of the civil rights movement, will mark its 50th anniversary. This...
