By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Throughout his long career in public service, Eric has built a powerful legacy of making sure that equal justice under the...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Is it me or does it seem like the powers that be are trying to have a Ebola virus scare in...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “If I could sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.” –Mrs. Rosa Parks, honorary co-chair, 1996 Stand for...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Minority business programs came to life as a compliance requirement for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...
By Rep. Frederica S. Wilson NNPA Guest Columnist In 2012, 17-year-old Ivins Rosier broke into Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Boody’s West Palm Beach home. Ivins...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Amid heightened concern in the U.S. about the ferocious Ebola disease, two prominent Republican officeholders last week seized upon the...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The Supreme Court recently blocked an appeals court ruling that would have restored seven days of voting in Ohio. In just...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The purpose of public schools is to educate not exclude children, and to help identify and meet child needs, not...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A college education is supposed to open the doors to life-long careers and entry into America’s middle class. Yet, students that...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand, it never did and never will.” I often wonder what Black people...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist During the past six years, some Republicans and conservatives have described President Obama and his administration as totally incompetent. I have...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black American leadership too often is taken for granted. Attorney General Eric Holder announced his resignation from office not...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Congress recently returned to Washington from its month-long August recess with a short, but vital to-do list for the two-week...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist On September 15, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka did something quite fascinating. He spoke to a labor audience in St....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist After being confirmed as the nation’s first African American U.S. attorney general, Eric H. Holder, Jr. wasted little time putting...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist There are 44 African American members of Congress. Next year, five more are expected to join them, bringing the...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist What was Alessandra Stanley, the longtime television critic of the New York Times, thinking that caused her in that now-infamous article...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Have you ever seen a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taking part of a panel discussion? It’s likely...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I am sick and tired of all the hypocrisy swirling around pro athletes and the National Football League (NFL) in particular....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has finally emerged from his self-imposed witness protection program, held a press conference, and even attended a...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist With new car prices meeting or surpassing many consumers’ incomes, the vast majority of people finance their car purchases. On an...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The industry that bills itself a meritocracy actually looks more like a mirrortocracy.” — Mitch Kapor, co-chair of the Kapor Center...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist It was all a dream. Salt n Pepa and Heavy D in a limousine. Hanging pictures on my wall….. I share...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Over the past few decades Black people have been led to believe that we have “power” because we earn and spend...
