By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Writing has been a catharsis for me since my “angry days” in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. I used...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist In recognition of the 75th Anniversary of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), I believe it is important...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Mom’s Friend Turned on Me Dear Alma, My husband was laid off after 16 years on the job. My salary...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist One of the many questions provoked by the “open letter” 47 Republican Senators published last week to try to...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist President Obama marked the 50th anniversary of Selma by celebrating the ordinary heroes who sacrificed so much to...
By William Barber and Gary L. Bledsoe NNPA Guest Columnists Looking at our nation and noting where we have come since 1965 gives us reason to...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Lyndon B. Johnson has done more to help African Americans and poor people than any modern president. But his...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Too much and for too long, we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the Ferguson, Mo. Police Department sheds a brighter light on...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Ever since President Bill Clinton apologized for the Tuskegee syphilis “experiment” in 1997, we have heard calls for apologies from...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Financial stress can feel like a lonely struggle. But according to a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I remember reading a piece by a right-wing think-tank in 1990 calling for the privatization of the postal service. Their...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist As a child growing up in Africa, one of the first history lessons I learned was about leaders of anti-colonial...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The NBA family has lost one of its patriarchs. Earl Lloyd, the first African-American to play in an NBA...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist The NBA trade deadline for the 2014-15 season expired on Thursday, February 19 at 3 p.m., and was followed by...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The communications network of the National Black Chamber of Commerce has evolved along with the Internet. When we first...
By Stephany Rose NNPA Guest Columnist In the Christian faith, the Syrophoenician woman’s testimony is one of the most popular narratives in the gospels. She...
By Wellington Webb NNPA Guest Columnist I served as Mayor of Denver from 1991 to 2003 and was the only mayor in U.S. history to...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Is Raymond Wilford, a 26-year-old Black Seattle resident, not dead or seriously injured only because the White mall security...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Congressman Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) couldn’t bring his French bulldog, Lily, on an Amtrak train. So when Amtrak funding came up...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Dear Alma, Ok, I was with a police officer for 10 years. He did some awful things in our relationship....
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The protest slogans addressing our latest struggle for justice and equity compel me to come up with a new...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist After ceremonies wrap up Sunday in Alabama commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the signing of...
By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist Black History Month is over, but we should move past the standardized foci and platitudes that mark our commemoration....
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist One day in late February 1965, an interracial group of 29 university students rode into a small, segregated town...
