By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Do you know about Elizabeth Keckley? Maggie Lena Walker, Sarann Knight Preddy, Gertrude Pocte Geddes-Willis, Trish Millines Dziko, Addie L...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Now, the world knows something of the story of Solomon Northrup, a “free” Black American from New York who...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Two weeks ago, President Obama launched an initiative called My Brother’s Keeper. As a part of this initiative, he signed...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, shares more information with conservative Fox News than...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist What are we talking about? We talking about fiction or we talking about fact? You talking about fiction? Hold up...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Movements for social change do not just happen in a vacuum. The historical and contemporary contexts of all...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have started to hear it all over again. The intense and record cold weather has led ideologues on...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist There are some Americans who, in the aggregate, are consistently doing worse in our society — groups that have...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Today, middle class households feel the same financial stress that low- and moderate-income families have borne for years, says new...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Seventeen-year-old Theresa Tran is one of this year’s winners of the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio’s Beat the Odds® scholarships after...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is the latest in a series of interaction between this aggressive government and...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Intimidated by Girlfriend Dear Alma, My girlfriend is absolutely beautiful, gentle and kind, loving and respectful. Ninety-five percent of the...
By Walter Fields NNPA Columnist Too often during the presidency of Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president has felt the need to chide Black Americans...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama announced a “My Brother’s Keeper,” an initiative to help young Black and Brown men succeed. Many present...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In all the hoopla surrounding President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, overlooked is that fact that our young girls...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist This series on HBCUs prompted a two-hour long discussion on the Carl Nelson Show in Washington, D.C. (WOL-1450). As the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In a February 19 speech before the nation’s largest association representing real estate finance, Steven Antonakes, Deputy Director of the...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist In all organized sports, there are clearly defined rules that must be adhered to. In all universities, there are clearly...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Arizona’s Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, after nearly a week of reading the political tea leaves, vetoed a bill Feb....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You can’t allow 15,000 school boards to home bake their own little standards subject to their own political pressures and...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I found myself thinking about the notorious Dred Scott decision (1857) by the U.S. Supreme Court while traveling the streets...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist During this Black History Month, I was deeply honored to be inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame at the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Our past was certainly all about the money. As soon as the Europeans discovered the Americas and determined that...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist A Family Divided Dear Alma, I need advice about a terrible family situation that involves me and all of my...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It all seems so familiar, doesn’t it? A Black man, or woman, or child is murdered by a White...
