By James Clingman NNPA Columnist As the saying goes, “Once you know better, you should do better.” Most of us can remember situations that would...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The NFL is entering the golden age of Black quarterbacks.” – Jason McIntyre, writing in “The Big Lead” “Sports” is...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist William Thomas and Bruce Harris are two very successful judges who most people don’t know. Thomas is from Miami and...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There have been times in the 20-year history of the National Black Chamber of Commerce that we had to put...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Doctors told Jaime Gonzalez’s parents that his birth defects were so severe he probably wouldn’t live to age one....
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It was an unusual setting in Italy, or at least so I thought. My wife and I sat at...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist If you don’t know about it, there is an ongoing fight between the Walmart and the union movement. The political...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist I cringed as the scores came in over the weekend. Ohio State 76, Florida A&M 0. Florida State 54, Bethune-Cookman...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Surely, there’s no little historical irony in the fact that two events occurred last week that were reminders that as...
By Jesse Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Only a couple of weeks ago, as the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and Dr....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When the poverty data was released on September 17, comparing the poverty situation in 2011 to that in 2012, many hoped that...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Everything you are and everything you have is because of that butler.” Gloria Gaines, wife of Cecil Gaines as played by...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Within the Republican Party, there is what I call this mystery of the Black conservative. Let me explain. Over the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “There’s something evil in our society that we as Americans have to work to try and eradicate…I would like...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Back in the good old days, probation was publicly funded. The process was simple and probation officers’ mission was to...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In a recent article I posed the question, “Hey, Chocolate City, where da money at?” Well, the CBCF gave a resounding...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently beat his challenger Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a highly anticipated fight at the Las Vegas...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Payday loans – the small loans that come with big fees and triple-digit annual interest rates – pose serious threats to...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Peter Bailey is a man of note and distinction. The Black writer contends that: “Despite strong evidence to the contrary, many Blacks...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the modern civil rights era, no year stands out in my memory more than 1963. I was a...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Is Hip Hop losing its color? Recently Rapper Macklemore recognized that it is White privilege that catapulted him to success. In...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist In office just nine months, Ted Cruz, the junior Republican Senator from Texas, has already established himself as that...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist In the interest of full disclosure, I have a bachelor’s degree in Correctional Administration from the University of Wisconsin. ...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week, Americans commemorated the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on 9/11/2001. During this crisis, Americans become...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist We talk a lot about...
