By Derrick Humphries NNPA Guest Columnist Just last December, Ohio Congressmen Tim Ryan and Dave Joyce introduced legislation calling for the award of the Congressional...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There is a movement afoot to unionize college sports. The unionizing of sports would result in college athletes being...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Keep my Nephew Away from my House Dear Alma, I know this may sound mean, but I can’t stand my...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night, parts of which were shared over the weekend, was designed...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Mid-January is the time when Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday is commemorated. Cities, towns, and colleges across the country lift...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s not likely that the name of Arnold Pinkney, who died at 83 in Cleveland January 13, is widely-known...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Sports are supposed to be the great equalizer. But you wouldn’t know it judging by the news surrounding...
By Walter Fields NNPA Guest Columnist By chance I watched the NFL playoff games at the home of a friend and former college football player, Vaughn...
By Marc H. Morial NBPA Columnist “Art is a weapon in the struggle of ideas, the class struggle.” Amiri Baraka On January 9, with the passing...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Remember that movie with the Wayans Brothers? After stealing some credit cards, Damon’s character, Johnny Stewart, had everything he ever...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist More good news keeps coming for consumers in early 2014. On the heels of new mortgage rules that took effect...
By Ron Busby, Sr. NNPA Columnist The Obama administration recently launched innovative Promise Zones in five U.S. cities, committed the government to programmatic efforts to...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist In the latest urban movies, “Best Man Holiday” and “A Madea’s Christmas,” I thought it was interesting that each featured...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Those who read me regularly know that I have been extremely critical of the Obama presidency; but it has always...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the United States is still not a fair...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist One of the basic rules of thumb when it comes to solving a problem is that anyone who is...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The United Auto Workers union was once a powerful, large, proud and effective organization. It reached its prominence under...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – The LaCrosse was the first car that signaled Buick was serious about making a comeback in the U.S. market....
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Mother-in-Law Shows Favoritism Dear Alma, I have a problem with my mother-in-law. She does not treat my husband...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates isn’t the first political appointee to analyze the work of an administration he served, even...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Isn’t it time to think of the Republican Party’s quest for the presidency as haunted? That’d be a good...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is a critical and long overdue discussion about the fate of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist When it comes to gaining true freedom, the words and actions of our most revered Black authentic leaders emphasized economic...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I have been delaying writing this column for more than a year, but in light of recent developments, I have...
