By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist So now that we know that the state of the Black Community is worse than it was 50 years ago, what...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I am writing this article from the beautiful nation of Costa Rica (Rich Coast in English). It is our mission...
By Henrie Treadwell NNPA Guest Columnist According to Bureau of Justice Statistics figures analyzed by the Sentencing Project, the number of people incarcerated in state...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Guns and Kids Dear Alma, My college roommate came to visit my husband and me and our new baby. She lives...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Public opinion polls confirm a fact that has been documented in instances ranging from the O.J. Simpson verdict to...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Out of every momentous national tragedy that Black Americans have continued to endure in the United States, there...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Remember the Jena Six? Some 15,000 to 20,000 protesters went to Jena, La. in 2006 to demonstrate against injustice. After...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I’m Gonna Make A Change, For Once In My Life It’s Gonna Feel Real Good, Gonna Make A Difference Gonna...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Never did we think we would be planning a funeral, we were waiting on his first day of school....
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Under other circumstances one could simply ridicule the explanations offered by the Ferguson police regarding the killing of Michael...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist When will it stop? The police killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., coming...
by Chris B. Bennett Special to the NNPA from The Seattle Medium We are all outraged by the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo....
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist With 19 of the nation’s banks annually selling $37 billion in charged-off debts, the absence of clear guidelines for banks...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I have often wondered about the zest and ambition of environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, Green Peace,...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Hip Hop has always had a fetish with gangster movies and characters. We often see artists referring to themselves in...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Except for the Good Lord, everybody has someone or something to “check” him or her. Unfortunately, President Obama has an...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The flurry of polls released last week revealed that sharp disagreements exist between Black and White Americans about the...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist It doesn’t matter if you are state legislator or an alderman, a journalist or a local leader. If you are...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Occasionally, police officers behave in such as dastardly manner that it captures international attention. There was the 1997 famous video...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The disjointed, gap-laden manner in which Ferguson, Mo. Police Chief Thomas Jackson revealed the name of the police officer...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, there is a Black American family...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Many African Americans feel like there has been an unofficial war declared on Blacks, especially young Black males. Just in...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Remember when our elders used to chastise us for using the N-word. They used to say “People died for you not...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In just a few days, the debt trap at the core of small-dollar loans that come with triple digit interest rates...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist A series of recent reports cite the drastic lack of economic progress for Black people in general and Black men...
