By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist This year marks the 100 anniversary of the founding of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) by the Honorable...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist My late father was born on what was originally called “Armistice Day” – now celebrated as Veteran’s Day – November...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist Each fall, a representative of the United States government appears before the United Nation General Assembly to perform a silly task:...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist It seems like we’ve been hearing these classic, “Hi, Mom,” shot-outs from college and professional athletes forever. They look straight into...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist In wake of the tragic plane crash that killed Pastor Myles Munroe his wife, Ruth, and seven other passengers of the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Most pundits predicted gains for the Republican Party in the 2014 midterm elections but no one had an idea that...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist One source of the widespread losses the Democratic Party suffered this month in the midterm elections can be traced to...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist African American women were excited about President Obama’s nomination of Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General of the...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Dating Frat Brother’s Ex-Girlfriend Dear Alma, My frat brother is getting married. We graduated over 15 years ago and so much...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Hello Ms. Alma, I need advice. I have been married to my husband for over year. I love him dearly but...
By Wellington E. Webb NNPA Guest Columnist Now that the dust has settled after our nation’s 2014 elections across the country, here is my two...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The midterm elections are over, the final numbers are in and they don’t look pretty if you’re a progressive. So,...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week’s midterm elections were historic. Republicans regained control of the U.S. Senate, increased their majority in the House, and expanded...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist If there was one lesson to be learned on Election Day it was this: Until President Obama is gone and...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Like everyone else, I am processing the November election results. I will write more about that later, but there was...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Is there any doubt about the preeminence of the race factor that helped to determine the outcome of the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The mid-term national election will go down as the biggest landslide since 1928. The Democratic Party suffered a full fledge...
By Cleo Manago NNPA Guest Columnist To explain the very low turn-out of Black (and Brown) people or Democrats during recent elections, President Barack Obama said,“…[Black people,...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A diverse group of civil rights leaders representing Blacks, Latinos and Asian-Pacific Islanders have joined forces to call for major changes...
By Everett L. Glenn NNPA Guest Columnist There’s a runninng debate in basketball that Michael Jordan made winners out of the players around him in Chicago,...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist Like most people, I’d given up hope that the more than 200 high school girls who were kidnapped in northern Nigeria...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “I decided that my education was the most important thing that I could ever have, because without your education, you...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist I was prepared this week to write an article on sports and fatherhood. Instead, I was struck by the Cleveland Cavaliers’...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Pundits are likely to spend the next several weeks attempting to explain the many reasons that Republicans simply kicked the Democrats...
