By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In the wake of Ferguson and a series of young Black male deaths at the hands of official law enforcement...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Washington, D.C. just lost an icon. In the early morning hours of November 23, D.C.’s Mayor for Life succumbed to some...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Some synonyms of the word “callous” are: heartless, unfeeling, unmerciful, cruel, and inhumane. A mid-November poll by the Gallup organization...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Need to Move On Dear Alma, I have been with this person for six years, and we’ve had our up and...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist “Hey, hey, hey (in my best Fat Albert’s voice), please listen to what I have to say. My friend Bill Cosby...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander will likely become chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Though he has yet...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Even though the next Congress, which starts on January 6, will feature 48 African Americans, the largest number in history, the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist As we prepare to commemorate World AIDS Day on Monday, Dec. 1, this is a good time to look at...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Since the November 4 elections, there has been a broad and needed discussion concerning what the Democrats did wrong or,...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist In the face of a calculated and relentless assault by Republicans on Barack Obama, a president with a dismal approval...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The midterm elections have upended the old tropes about what you can or can’t do or say about guns during...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Here’s a sobering statement from Economic Policy Institute (EPI): “Fifty years ago (2013), the unemployment rate was 5% for Whites and...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist As I watched President Barack Obama address the nation on his “controversial” Executive Order on immigration reform, I was...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist A recent poll showing that White, Black and Hispanic New Yorkers differ significantly in evaluating new city mayor Bill De...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist A couple of weeks ago, law enforcement officials in Mauritania arrested nine people for doing something the government considers radical: protesting...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist For succeeding generations, retirement has been the time when older Americans reaped the benefits of their years in the workplace. Oftentimes...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In a season focused on gratitude, 17-year-old Monica Chica has an attitude about choosing to be grateful that’s wise far...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist As an African-American entrepreneur who has made a living writing books under contracts, the ongoing contract disputes and negotiations between star...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It has been told by many in the press that President Obama is a former professor who taught constitutional law...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist How Can I Dump my Sister? Hey Ms. Alma, I’m getting married and I want everything to be perfect. We’re getting...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist A total of $172 million. That was the record amount the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised in 2013 and...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist After the “Tuesday Evening Massacre” of the Elephants over the Donkeys, in January 2009, I wrote an article that warned about...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist It’s been almost 50 years since I lived in Tuscaloosa, Ala. I go back from time to time, but not...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Mr. President…I pledge to show to you and the American people that if I have the honor of being confirmed...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Since the Republicans takeover of Congress on Nov. 4, I have received numerous emails and phone calls from many of my...
