By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I am deeply concerned by the sorts of emails and hard-mail communications that I have been receiving from you folks. The...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “When I become mayor, we all become mayor.” – Ras Baraka, new mayor of Newark, N.J. Add Newark to the list...
By Walter Fields NNPA Columnist Several years ago, I had the pleasure of serving on a panel with the angriest racially-conscious White man in America,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Presidential Program for the Development of the Afro-Colombian Population – that is the name of the program to empower...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Teen Wants to Chill with ‘Boyfriend’ Dear Alma, My 17-year old-daughter claims she has a boyfriend. I said no u...
By Luke Charles Harris Special to the NNPA News Service I’ve been told I should be the first among many to celebrate President Obama’s My...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist If you let the Republicans tell it, President Obama is directly responsible for the fiasco at the Veterans Administration. But...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Donald Sterling, the disgraced San Diego Clippers owner (thus far), is like the proverbial bad penny: he won’t go...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The last Monday in May, Memorial Day, was designed to honor those who died in service to our country. It is...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Black women constantly complain about the dearth of “eligible” Black men to date and marry. Noted sociologist William Julius Wilson has...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The current controversy surrounding the plight of veterans in the United States is an important issue for all...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Scholars from several of the nation’s most-esteemed colleges and universities jointly concluded that the nation’s so-called housing “recovery” is bypassing...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.” – Mayer Amschel Rothschild I often wonder if...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “Foster care is not fun for anyone,” says 24-year-old law student Amy Peters, who entered Nebraska’s foster care system...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was reading an editorial criticizing President Obama for not doing more in the international realm. Specifically, it suggested that he...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “My whole life is dedicated to urban America.” -NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson Every time ostracized Los...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Harvard University estimated about 30 percent of inner-city children...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Where do I begin to tell the story of our trade mission to the beautiful nation of Colombia? It...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – Audi already had a hit with its Q5 crossover vehicle. The addition of the 2014 Audi Q5...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist A Christian with a Short Memory Dear Alma, I have a friend who is the ultimate Christian. Since she’s been...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist This is the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawing “separate but equal” schools. And...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Because I was a horribly ill-behaved child, I found myself shipped from San Francisco to Moss Point, Miss. in August...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Will the parents of at least 276 Nigerian girls kidnapped more than a month ago by the terrorist gang,...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist The recent kidnapping of the Nigerian school girls has been all over the news which is a good thing. We...
By Melvin P. Foote NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama has invited 47 African Heads of State to come to Washington August 5-6 a summit around U.S....
