By James Clingman NNPA Columnist When the tax man cometh, Black dollars “goeth.” Where will they goeth? Down a myriad of paths in pursuit of...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I had the opportunity to visit Bogota, Colombia for a meeting of representatives of public sector unions from the...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist When it comes to defining that which is “typically American,” I think we’re going to have to add “sports” to the...
Beyond the Rhetoric: Notes from the DR By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The weather was perfect. The facilities were clean and professionally run. All participants wore...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist At the White House, President Barack Obama recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 luminary recipients. Along with the...
2014 Dodge Durango By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., – This planned community is just northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County,...
Ask Alma By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Struggling with Co-Workers’ Pregnancies Dear Alma, Two of my co-workers are pregnant. I am truly, truly happy for them…but...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I had an extensive conversation last week with a prominent Republican political operative about next year’s congressional elections. This operative...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Many ardent conservatives are critical of the Affordable Care Act or what they derisively call “Obamacare.” But what are they...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist (This article is dedicated to the folks in jails and prisons. Please share it with them.) According to the 13th Amendment,...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The American Dream lives! It’s the current American reality that’s become a nightmare for millions upon millions whose lives,...
By Stephanie Jones NNPA Columnist Well, they finally did it. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, at long last, invoked the so-called “Nuclear Option,”...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “For the first time in history, Republicans have routinely used the filibuster to prevent President Obama from appointing his executive...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist While many American families gathered around the Thanksgiving table last week, some of us combined this year’s traditional dinners with...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Some of the responses by the Republicans and their friends to the Iran nuclear deal have been nothing short...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Theoretically, Thanksgiving celebrates the breaking of bread between Native Americans and Pilgrims, who might have starved where it not for the...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist To double down is to significantly increase a risk or commitment. Well, welcome to the fantasyland of Republican National Committee...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I am writing this article from the beautiful shores of the Dominican Republic. We have assembled here for our second...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., — Purists are grumbling about the all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee. Its curves, bent seven-slot grille and...
Not Enough Home Cooking Dear Alma. Over my long Thanksgiving weekend, everywhere I went I encountered my married brothas complaining about the same thing – wives...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist “Are there no prisons? And the workhouses, are they still in operation?” Is that what the government and the people...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist After repeated Republican obstruction, Senate Democrats boldly stood up to Republicans by pulling the trigger on the nuclear option,...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Although most Sunday school children are warned against the “love of money,” by adulthood it is the lack of it that...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist One of the greatest entrepreneurs in this nation, Arthur George Gaston, offered these wise words of advice to prospective business...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist For the past year, an organization called OUR Walmart, has protested, raised questions and asked their employer, one of the...
