By Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association Rapidly shifting U.S. demographics are fueling the urgency of...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Graça Machel, one of the world’s leading advocates for women’s and children’s rights who, for decades, has fought for...
By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (President and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) As the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), I’m spending...
By Marian Wright Edelman (President, Children’s Defense Fund) Our nation’s budget should reflect our nation’s professed values, but President Trump’s 2018 Federal Budget, “A New Foundation...
By Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) During the month of May, we recognize Mental Health Month, and raise awareness for the millions of Americans living with...
By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor/NNPA Newswire) Even though Black women lost ground in the labor market last month, the unemployment rate for Black workers dipped below...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) PITTSBURGH—After a third day of the jury selection process Bill Cosby criminal trial, all 12 jurors have been chosen....
By D. Kevin McNeir (The Washington Informer/NNPA Member) Residents of Flint, Michigan have very little to celebrate, three years after the water crisis in the city...
