By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One day, when the glory comes It will be ours, it will be ours Oh, one day, when...
By Lezli Baskerville NNPA Guest Columnist The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), applauds President Obama’s proposal to make community college tuition...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Few things irk me more than hearing someone say or imply that now that we have a Black president,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Exactly what is there in 1 million Black folks united in their will and purpose? What is in a million...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the aftermath of the killings of staff at the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, there has been near...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist When it comes to the issue of gay rights in America, sometimes you can see the tide of a...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—wonderful. If you want to be great—wonderful. But...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist With the recent terrorists attacks in Paris over a largely unknown satirical newspaper that poked fun at Islam and Mohammed,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama has been catching hell from all sides lately because of his refusal to utter the words...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist About 800,000 homeowners whose mortgages were backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) could save $900 annually on mortgage costs,...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist I wasn’t surprised that Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” was nearly completely snubbed for the Oscar nominations last week, as were...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist One could not help but be impressed by the millions that turned out in Paris to stand against the Islamist...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Brother’s Non-Breakup Breakup Dear Alma, My brother and his fiancée broke off their engagement, which was a surprise to...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Is Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president, trying to kill Historically Black Colleges and Universities? If he’s...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Since 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has had many strong leaders. As the new 114th Congress of...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist If you were the new chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), beginning your time tenure when the first...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Whoever loves money never has enough.” – Ecclesiastes 5:10 I would offer that verse from the wisest man in history to...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I find it very unsettling to hear police officers discuss how they believe that BlackLivesMatter protesters and certain politicians,...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities…because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” – Winston...
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson NNPA Guest Columnist The new highly-acclaimed motion picture ”Selma” suggests that former President Lyndon Baines Johnson was not an ardent...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist African-American quarterbacks have come a long way in American football, not just to play and to start, but to win...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “A population that does not take care of the elderly and of children and the young has no future,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist What recently happened in Paris was more than a typical act of Islamic terrorism. No, this was the latest...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist As he labored for social, civil and economic justice, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was extremely concerned both about the...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will...
