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...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist July 3-6 is the date. New Orleans is the place. Empowerment is the purpose. Iconic thought leaders and musicians...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Our public school system is a wreck. It didn’t happen by circumstance. It is by design, a design to...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Affair with a Coworker Dear Alma, I had an affair with a coworker that led to the demise of my...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer is being commemorated this week in Mississippi and it provides the perfect backdrop to...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist How much is a person’s innocence worth? That’s the most fundamental question framing the news...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Judging from its June 18-19 meeting, the Federal Reserve is hedging its bets. It says the U.S. economy is on...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist A few weeks ago, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) made a stunning announcement that caused a lot of consternation...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist If you and your children were sitting at the dinner table, with no food and no prospects for getting any,...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the context of the current crisis in Iraq, I have been astounded by Republican suggesting that Obama is...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist When it comes to payday and other small-dollar, high-cost loans, many think of urban areas plastered with signage and neon...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama will once again make national and international history when the White House hosts the first United...
