America’s True Crime Problem

By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist   It’s getting to be difficult to recall a week when, thanks to public exposure of videos, or tweets, text...

Blackonomics: Media Colors Coverage of Race

By James Clingman NNPA Columnist   Discussions in the news media (I’d rather call it the “Views Media”) regarding the use of the word, “Thug,” are...

Black Boys Do More than Run

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist   I recently attended my grandson Austin Ragland’s graduation from pre-school in Buford, Ga. Yes, you read correctly – pre-school....

Child Watch: Protecting 50 Years of Child Health Progress

By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist   “It was a generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him: ‘Millions of our citizens do not...

Blacks Need to Join Discussion on the Economy

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist   One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances.  A...

To Be Equal: The Educational Equity and Excellence Project

By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist   “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin All across the country, people are gathering...

Blacks Need Major League Baseball

Blacks Must Be Part of Energy Debate

By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist   Numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that income disparities among different ethnic groups in the...

The Black Athlete: LeBron James is Underappreciated

By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist   Unbelievable! That was my immediate response to the most talked about, scrutinized, celebrated, disrespected, revered and underappreciated professional athlete in...

Beyond the Rhetoric: War Between Apple v. Samsung

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist   On the surface, the Apple/Samsung trial that recently concluded appears to be a minor win for Samsung in a...

Ask Alma

By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist   The One that Got Away Dear Alma,  I’ve been married for over 10 years and I’m very happy with my...

Politicizing Donations to Clinton Foundation

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist   Like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropy that primarily funds education, world health and population...

Blackonomics: Time to Throw Some Political Punches

By James Clingman NNPA Columnist   For the past 50 years, most of our conversations and efforts have been centered on politics. Reminiscent of the Reconstruction...

‘Stupid’ Infrastructure Neglect

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist   When Amtrak Northeast Regional Train #188 derailed on May 12, federal budget observers wondered if the underfunding of our nation’s...

To Be Equal: B.B. King — Why I Sing the Blues

By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist   “The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend…B.B. may be gone, but that thrill will...

The Black Athlete: The Transformation of Steph Curry

  By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist   I’ve lived in Charlotte, N.C. with my family now for the past 15 years and owned season tickets to...

Child Watch: Overmedicating Children in Foster Care

By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist     On any given day, nearly one in four children in foster care is taking at least one psychotropic...

Beyond the Rhetoric: How the Army Addressed Racial Tensions

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist   I remember sitting through a lecture in a sociology class during my senior year at the University of Wisconsin....

The Bee at my Mailbox

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist   There is a bee that hovers by my mailbox. I have never had this experience. When I approach the...

The Waco Biker Riot and the Lexicon of Racism

By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist   Question: When men (and a few women) belonging to gangs known to law enforcement agencies for criminal behavior explode...

Jay Z and Beyoncé are Following a Rich Tradition

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist   Hip-hop culture is about transformation. It is more than a global genre of music. Hip-hop is a transcendent...

To Be Equal: A Message for the Class of 2015

By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. / It’s had tacks in it, /And splinters, / And boards torn...

Blackonomics: The Case for Student Loan Debt Forgiveness

By James Clingman NNPA Columnist   By the time you read this article, millions of college students will have graduated and be looking for jobs, many...