By Walter Fields NNPA Columnist Too often during the presidency of Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president has felt the need to chide Black Americans...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama announced a “My Brother’s Keeper,” an initiative to help young Black and Brown men succeed. Many present...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In all the hoopla surrounding President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, overlooked is that fact that our young girls...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist This series on HBCUs prompted a two-hour long discussion on the Carl Nelson Show in Washington, D.C. (WOL-1450). As the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In a February 19 speech before the nation’s largest association representing real estate finance, Steven Antonakes, Deputy Director of the...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist In all organized sports, there are clearly defined rules that must be adhered to. In all universities, there are clearly...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Arizona’s Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, after nearly a week of reading the political tea leaves, vetoed a bill Feb....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You can’t allow 15,000 school boards to home bake their own little standards subject to their own political pressures and...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I found myself thinking about the notorious Dred Scott decision (1857) by the U.S. Supreme Court while traveling the streets...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist During this Black History Month, I was deeply honored to be inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame at the...
