By Ron Busby, Sr. NNPA Columnist Let me get my disclaimer out of the way first. The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) is a business organization. Our sole...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Are you or someone you know being pursued or harassed late into the evenings and on weekends by debt collectors? If...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist One can be forgiven for thinking the contest for the most outrageous, publicly-exposed racist behavior of recent weeks was between...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist During 2013, the U.S. economy experienced a reasonable level of growth. The 3.4 percent growth rate in the second half...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Race matters…because of the long history of racial minorities being denied access to the political process…because of persistent racial...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “The budget is not fair, Mr. Chair, if 69 percent of the cuts come from programs for low-income children...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was struck by how quickly Secretary of State John Kerry backed down when he was chastised by anti-Palestinian...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist By now, everyone knows the story of Los Angeles Clipper’s owner, Donald Sterling’s banishment from the National Basketball Association (NBA)...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist My time in Washington has given me a real primer on the phrase “flavor of the week.” This week, all...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The New York Times carried an article titled, “White House Hosts ‘Next Generation’ Young and Rich,” in its Fashion and Style section, of...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Our Girlfriend Doesn’t Get It Dear Alma: Within my group of friends, I have a female friend who likes a male...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist NBA Commissioner Alan Silver, who replaced David Stern just two months ago, did what we’ve all been waiting for –...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist As is typical of blowhards, Cliven Bundy, the conservative movement’s most recently defrocked hero/criminal, opened his mouth once too often....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The Roberts Supreme Court decided last week that voters in the state of Michigan had the right to ban affirmative action...
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By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist A perennial favorite science project from preschool on up is the “seed experiment.” That’s when a child plants identical seeds...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist With the continued consolidation going on within the media (radio, TV, newspapers), there is never-ending debate over the issue of ownership...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have had a long tradition of pursuing and encouraging excellence. Howard University in...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist As someone who was a fan of the original Cosmos series, hosted by the late Dr. Carl Sagan, I was excited to...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The new Senate proposal to reform the housing finance system…lacks provisions to ensure that the housing finance system is fair...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Once again, the federal government has been caught making up numbers, this time to support its efforts to put career...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – Much like hybrids, the auto industry seems poised to impose plug-in hybrids on the market. Automakers are slowly creating...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Reverend Needs Heavenly Advice Dear Alma, My brother in-law is a minister, but he’s also an oblivious, self-centered fool. At Christmas,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist As we approach May 17, the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education landmark decision outlawing...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I’m tired, my sisterfriend says. I don’t know how much longer I can hold on. As I hear her...
