By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When cash-strapped states in the South and Midwest slashed unemployment benefits after the Great Recession, claiming it...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Although the continent of Africa has 54 countries, the nation that received the most attention at last week’s US-Africa Summit...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist While one can applaud the Obama administration for extending invitations to African leaders to meet in Washington, D.C., there are...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist President Obama hosted the first ever U.S.-Africa Business forum last week here in Washington, DC. Leading up to the conference, the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Finally, President Obama extended an invitation to African nations to participate in a Summit. It was rather short but...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the Los Angeles Area Resident Bishop of the United Methodist Church, is acting with urgency. Along with...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The nation’s digital technology and social media companies are helping to transform how people throughout the world communicate and...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I had the honor of sitting in on LL Cool Jay’s private listening session in New York City. He was previewing...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist This is a call for all eligible Black folks to register and vote in every election from now until eternity, so...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Consumers who maintain low and no cushions in their checking accounts may have thought that the overdraft “banking service” was a...
