By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist You would think that news of a high school student from a family of African immigrants getting accepted into...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whenever there is a steady series of public questions being raised about the “power” of Black Americans, you...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I love voting. Every time I go into the booth, I see little girl me, pigtails and all, plaid skirt, white...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Last week the U.S. Supreme Court added another layer of bricks to the wall conservatives are trying to build to...
By Jesse L Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The Bible’s injunction that we shall be judged by how we have treated the “least of these” (Mathew 25:40)...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Today, almost one year after I first wrote about Ka’nard Allen, his story—and the stories of several other children whose...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week I attended a very nice reception hosted by two of my friends, Rosa Whitaker and Bernadette Paolo. Rosa...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In mid-March, the monitor for the National Mortgage Settlement announced that participating banks had completed terms of the agreement affecting...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Opening day for Major League Baseball always puts a smile on my face. This is the day that many of...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In light of what most of us know about the economy and where Black people fit, mostly as consumers rather than...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist History is full of great dreamers. The United States has certainly prospered from some of the greatest. Blacks can...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Ex-Girlfriend is Mom’s New Daughter Dear Alma, Help! My mother loves my ex-girlfriend. She treats her like a daughter....
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist Friday, April 4, marks the 46th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on a balcony in Memphis. Black America and...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as...
By Phil Wilson NNPA Columnist On March 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded $115 million over five years to 21 organizations to...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist If you missed the news about the disappearance of Malaysian Flight 370 over the Indian Ocean, you must have been...
By Bill Fletcher NNPA Columnist I have found myself getting a bit nervous as I hear various U.S. politicians rattling their swords in response to...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist “It cannot be said that the employed scholarship players are ‘primarily students.’” With that statement, a regional director...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist History is often made by leaders who make a consequential difference in quality of life of people. The...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Our nation is about to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the assassination of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 4,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist We are at a critical stage in the economy when “more than one-third of workers (36%) have a measly $1,000...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Apple’s success story is a familiar one: a group of misfits who grew an unlikely startup from the confines of...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist To Tell or Not to Tell Hi, Alma, The mom of one of my 10-year-old daughter’s friends confided in me...
George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When I interviewed Marie Johns, then the outgoing deputy secretary of the Small Business Administration, a year ago, she said the...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Question: What do you call someone who believes White shopkeepers and owners of other large and small businesses have the...
