By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Too often people who have experienced and endured long term oppression and suffering take for granted some of the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Just released U.S. Census Bureau data reveal 45.3 million people were poor in America in 2013. One in three of...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I would wager that you have had this experience. It has happened to me on more than one occasion. I...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Planning for retirement requires strong discipline, flexibility and constant awareness. Most African Americans do little thinking about it. Those who...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Some might think the annual report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage the U.S. Census Bureau released last week...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist One of the most interesting findings of the data recently released by the Census Bureau is that so many recent college graduates...
Special to the NNPA from The New York Amsterdam News (The New York Amsterdam News)—Approximately 500 refugees are feared dead after their vessel was rammed by...
Eric Olson, ASSOCIATED PRESS LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s Ameer Abdullah, a candidate for this year’s Heisman Trophy, says 2013 winner Jameis Winston of Florida...
Arienne Thompson, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Like any good scandal, this is the part where the offending party apologizes — profusely. Cue The New York Times‘ mea...
Lauren Raab, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times)—The retrial of Michael Dunn, a Florida man who shot an unarmed teenager to death after asking...
