By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When John and Ann started working on January 1, 2013, John had an immediate advantage. Because women earn 77 cents...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Could you use an additional $24,000 in your yearly wages? How about nearly $19,000? Or even just another $11,000 to...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Covering the three-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the University of Texas last...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist One of the best kept secrets over the past 50 years is that, proportionately, Republicans in Congress supported passage of the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When I first heard the news, my response was one of both outrage and a calm lack of surprise....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Affluent Americans would do quite well. But for tens of millions of others, the Ryan plan is a path...
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By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “. . . We see repeated efforts in Congress in recent years to take resources away from poor and...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Major League Baseball’s home run king, Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron has just knocked another one out of the park. ...