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...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist So, the midterm elections are fast approaching and, with every passing day, you are probably receiving an email and/or...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I stand before you as the president of the United States and a proud American. I also stand before...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist We know the commonly repeated claim that there are more Black men in prison than in college isn’t true. But...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The Obama administration has a flawed theory: Use diplomacy to keep the peace; it is better relations with other...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Dating a Serial Cheater Dear Alma, This may be a silly story, but I need some advice. My boyfriend and...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Although the continent of Africa has 54 countries, the nation that received the most attention at last week’s US-Africa Summit...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist While one can applaud the Obama administration for extending invitations to African leaders to meet in Washington, D.C., there are...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist President Obama hosted the first ever U.S.-Africa Business forum last week here in Washington, DC. Leading up to the conference, the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Finally, President Obama extended an invitation to African nations to participate in a Summit. It was rather short but...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the Los Angeles Area Resident Bishop of the United Methodist Church, is acting with urgency. Along with...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The nation’s digital technology and social media companies are helping to transform how people throughout the world communicate and...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I had the honor of sitting in on LL Cool Jay’s private listening session in New York City. He was previewing...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist This is a call for all eligible Black folks to register and vote in every election from now until eternity, so...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Consumers who maintain low and no cushions in their checking accounts may have thought that the overdraft “banking service” was a...
