By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When the poverty data was released on September 17, comparing the poverty situation in 2011 to that in 2012, many hoped that...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Everything you are and everything you have is because of that butler.” Gloria Gaines, wife of Cecil Gaines as played by...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Within the Republican Party, there is what I call this mystery of the Black conservative. Let me explain. Over the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “There’s something evil in our society that we as Americans have to work to try and eradicate…I would like...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Back in the good old days, probation was publicly funded. The process was simple and probation officers’ mission was to...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In a recent article I posed the question, “Hey, Chocolate City, where da money at?” Well, the CBCF gave a resounding...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently beat his challenger Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a highly anticipated fight at the Las Vegas...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Payday loans – the small loans that come with big fees and triple-digit annual interest rates – pose serious threats to...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Peter Bailey is a man of note and distinction. The Black writer contends that: “Despite strong evidence to the contrary, many Blacks...