By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I wrote a column three years ago titled, “Black Women No Longer Have Their Essence.” My point was that Essence, the pre-eminent magazine...
By Walter Fields NNPA Columnist The body count continues to rise as the nation panders to gun zealots and allows the Constitution to be perverted. The...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was strolling down a very busy Broadway in New York City a couple of weeks ago. It was a...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Nelba Márquez-Greene is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has spent her life helping others. In December 2012 she...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It appears nearly impossible for our nation to have an orderly and simple immigration program. It should be quite easy...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Sister’s Risky Behavior Dear Alma, My sister and I are very close. We’re only three years apart. Although not roommates...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Rev. Jamal Bryant of Baltimore was widely criticized recently for quoting a line from a popular Chris Brown’s song: “Hoes Ain’t...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions that the Court’s conservative majority and the larger conservative movement pretended...
By Bill Fletcher Jr. NNPA Columnist The Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Harris v Quinn essentially means that personal care attendants who are represented by a...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist You’ve probably heard the advertisements on urban radio urging consumers with at least $10,000 in debt to call a number right...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) describes itself as “the conscience of the U.S. Congress.” According to the dictionary, conscience is the...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The June unemployment rate is was down to 6.1 percent. Yet, for the vast majority of more than 45...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The purpose of the law is simple…those who are equal before God shall now also be equal in the polling...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Michael Patrick MacDonald is a storyteller. Michael recently encouraged the crowd of young leaders at the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist In 2008, the whole world applauded the United States for electing its first African American president. No part of...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Making a Difference Between the Grandkids Dear Alma, My husband and I are educated and very successful in our careers....
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA ColumnistLast week, African-American voters in Mississippi proved Blacks will vote for a Republican candidate – when doing so meets the time-honored...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist If you ever doubted that conservatives were sore losers, the recent Senate election in Mississippi should remove all doubt. After...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist President Obama would like the national minimum wage to rise to $10.10 an hour. By executive order, he has already raised...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week’s election results infuriated me and not for the reasons you might suspect. My anger has less to do...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Amidst last week’s annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Annual Convention in Portland, Oregon, I...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In 2003, we were lied into a war with Iraq. Just about everyone now admits that. At the same time...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The recent gathering of serious, conscious, and intelligent brothers and sisters in Washington, D.C. on June 21 was so refreshing and...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Those of us in Mississippi last week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer know very well none of...
