By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist For the United States, World War II began after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – The Nissan Versa Note SV was one of those capable vehicles that seem to have slipped under the...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of a war on poverty brought long overdue attention to his...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hasn’t been this alive since 1968. He’s no longer that visually distant, two-dimensional figure,...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist This month will mark the 85th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Across the nation and throughout the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty at roughly the same time we’re observing the 85th birthday...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared a war on poverty. Appalled by the way too many Americans lived,...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I have written about the huge opportunity Black dissatisfaction with Obama presents to the Republican Party. It’s time to speak...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “I’d go to the NAACP and talk about why the African-American community should be demanding paychecks and not be satisfied...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Brother A. Peter Bailey wrote a very enlightening article, titled, “Black Leaders, Past and Present, Speak on the Need for...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Children are not little adults. Adolescents are not the same as adults. We’ve known this for years. The research...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Although many economists claim the recession is over, millions of Americans are still reeling from its financial effects. In particular,...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist One of the most fascinating articles I read over the holidays was by Lydia DePillis in the Dec. 29 Washington...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist This is in response to a recent article in Roll Call by Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) titled “We Ain’t Broke” in which he stated:...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – The 2014 Buick Regal AWD GS was a snappy compact sedan with a lot of pep for...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Parents Didn’t Tell Me I was Adopted Dear Alma, I’m 48 and single. I’ve had a great life...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Happy New Year! January first and second are the days when most think of the “new” year, yet with the...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Now that a 2014 has come, I have decided to pull out my trusted crystal ball and give you some...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In 2013, race still mattered – especially at Fox News. According to MediaMatters, the watchdog group, last year was...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist A virus has been sweeping through the ranks of the conservative movement in recent years – and it seems...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The inauguration of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on January 1 signaled an important left-of-center turning...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist When NNPA Editor-in-Chief George Curry went to South Africa to cover Nelson Mandela’s funeral, he saw a huge pile of...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist All across the world last month, people joined together to mourn former South African president and freedom fighter Nelson...
By Walter Fields NNPA Guest Columnist There was some disbelief over social media when it was suggested the accused shooter of two Newark, New Jersey...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was not at all surprised that the Washington Redskins canned Coach Mike Shanahan. Three losing seasons over four...