By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist “Hey, hey, hey (in my best Fat Albert’s voice), please listen to what I have to say. My friend Bill Cosby...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander will likely become chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Though he has yet...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Even though the next Congress, which starts on January 6, will feature 48 African Americans, the largest number in history, the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist As we prepare to commemorate World AIDS Day on Monday, Dec. 1, this is a good time to look at...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Since the November 4 elections, there has been a broad and needed discussion concerning what the Democrats did wrong or,...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist In the face of a calculated and relentless assault by Republicans on Barack Obama, a president with a dismal approval...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The midterm elections have upended the old tropes about what you can or can’t do or say about guns during...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Here’s a sobering statement from Economic Policy Institute (EPI): “Fifty years ago (2013), the unemployment rate was 5% for Whites and...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist As I watched President Barack Obama address the nation on his “controversial” Executive Order on immigration reform, I was...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist A recent poll showing that White, Black and Hispanic New Yorkers differ significantly in evaluating new city mayor Bill De...
