By Bill Fletcher, Jr. & Candice S. Cason (NNPA Newswire Columnists) It has been nothing short of horrifying to watch the pictures of Hurricane Harvey’s impact...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In only six months in the White House, the Trump Administration has delivered the shortest tenure of any White...
By Alexa Imani Spencer (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow) Born on a warm July day during the summer of 1997, Noni Marshall entered the world destined to create,...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. died on March 31, 2017 at the ripe old age of 96. He was the most...
By Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) Austin, Ill., the community where I live, in the heart of the congressional district I represent, includes the zip code...
By Dr. Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Media Campaign) During the month of May, many of us celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the Brown vs. Board...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) There’s no doubt that No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) had its share of problems, according to Rep. Bobby...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A day after Taylor Dumpson, who is an African American woman, was elected to be student body president at...
By Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, II (President, North Carolina NAACP) On Friday, January 27, 2017, President Trump wrapped up his first week of executive orders...
By Anitra Brown (Managing Editor, The New Orleans Tribune) Late last year, “The New York Times” and “The Washington Post” criticized the National Association for the...
By Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. (President and Founder/Rainbow PUSH Coalition) The final days of the Obama presidency are upon us. His popularity is rising with the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) It hit me the other day that there is a new protocol involved in walking down the street. I...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) President-elect Donald Trump owes the Black community absolutely nothing. Let me repeat that: HE OWES US NOTHING! Blacks gave Trump...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I’m writing two weeks before the November 8 election, writing and praying that Election Day comes sooner than it is...
By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I need your advice. I love my son with all my heart. He’s been a good son and...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My husband and I have been married for two years. He’s a great husband. He takes care...
By Dwight Brown (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) The New York Film Festival celebrated its 54th year by trying something new. For the first time in history,...
By Chida Warren–Darby (The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint, NNPA Member) On Tuesday, September 27, thirty-eight year-old Alfred Olango was gunned down in El Cajon, Calif.,...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) When it comes to consumer complaints on credit and lending, debt collection generates more criticism than any other industry. This...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Are you ready to vote? Are you registered? These may seem like simplistic questions, especially for those who are aware,...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) Russell Simmons is as afraid of a confrontation with police as most other Black men. However, despite...
By Tatyana Hopkins (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow, Michigan Chronicle) The lawyers of wrongfully convicted Davontae Sanford said it was clear from the beginning that he was innocent...
By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) There is a crisis of monumental proportion in our so-called “Black communities.” A crisis that if not checked will...
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