By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The 17-person race for the Republican nomination for president closely resembles a clown show, starring Donald Trump. The unfortunate contrast...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “I’ll see your two Blacks and raise you two more.” The vast majority of the news is centered on politics,...
By Walter L. Fields NNPA Columnist One of the enduring debates since the enslavement of Africans in the American colonies has been the extent to...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist This week in Houston, the nation’s oldest minority professional real estate trade association held its 68th annual convention. Founded in...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The country has lost one of its most passionate and eloquent voices for the cause of justice. He...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I had been unaware that Julian Bond had been ill. I was, therefore, quite surprised to read that he...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist As a new school year starts, many parents are making sure their children have the right supplies from their...
By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist Michael Beckwith started a unique community in 1986 when he founded the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles. In...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist At bottom, the plan of Donald Trump, the GOP’s political playboy, to “solve” America’s crisis of undocumented Latino immigration...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whenever I have an opportunity to rejoin the transformational activities of the civil rights organization that was founded...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Best Friend is Marrying ‘Wicked Witch of the North” Dear Alma, This is a question about my best friend....
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist After three days of peaceful demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s fatal shooting in Ferguson, Mo.,...
By Jesse Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The news this weekend that Julian Bond passed away at 75 saddened me deeply. America has lost a true...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Horace Julian Bond was born Jan. 14, 1940 in Nashville, Tenn. into a family of privilege. His father, Horace...
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...
