By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last week, Washington lawmakers grilled officials from the Defense Department (DOD), Homeland Security and the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Just before Labor Day 2005, the world was stunned as images of Gulf Coast citizens, trudged through chaos...
by Nayaba Arinde Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News “It is all overwhelming and bitter sweet,” Yusef Salaam told the Amsterdam...
by Charlene Muhammad and Walter Umrani Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW ORLEANS – The family of a 22-year-old Black man,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The NFL – which has been referred to as everything from the National Felons League to, in the cases...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist By now most people have heard how Ray Rice has been thrown under the bus by the National Football League (NFL)...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Here’s an intriguing concept: Arrest the Black dollar. Say what, Jim? You read it correctly. We should arrest our dollars...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whenever someone accuses an African American of playing the “race card,” I cringe. Racism in America is not...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Amid stagnant wages, nagging underemployment and unemployment, many families continue to struggle with their finances. Some may even have wondered: “Will...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We are facing an important moment in our democracy. While America has twice elected an African American president, there...
