By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The State of the Union address is the only time of the year when all branches of government come together...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Income inequality” has become the political buzzword of 2014. President Obama, most recently in this week’s State of the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Carter G. Woodson, son of former slaves, pioneering Harvard-trained historian, founder of the Association for the Study of African...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The role we play in our own economic demise is mind-boggling. First, our priorities are screwed up. We place more...
By Derrick Humphries NNPA Guest Columnist Just last December, Ohio Congressmen Tim Ryan and Dave Joyce introduced legislation calling for the award of the Congressional...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There is a movement afoot to unionize college sports. The unionizing of sports would result in college athletes being...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Keep my Nephew Away from my House Dear Alma, I know this may sound mean, but I can’t stand my...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With a largely uncooperative, highly-partisan Congress headed into a mid-term election, President Obama declared in his State...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night, parts of which were shared over the weekend, was designed...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Mid-January is the time when Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday is commemorated. Cities, towns, and colleges across the country lift...