By Cary Yates Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times According to the College Board, the average cost of college tuition and fees in 2012...
By R. Preston Clark Special to the NNPA from the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Victor J. Glover sat in one of his engineering classes at Cal...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] D.C. lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill requiring some large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city’s...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist If you’re looking for the justice on the Supreme Court who mirrors Thurgood Marshall’s tenure on the bench, it is...
By Sherrilyn A. Ifill NNPA Guest Columnist The Voting Rights Act has been described as the “crown jewel” of civil rights legislation. Its passage was secured...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama should lead a forceful drive to revive the Voting Rights Act, which was effectively disemboweled by...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist For decades now, July 4th has always compelled in me to reconsider, and more deeply appreciate, Frederick Douglass’ famous oration of...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist My heart was shattered while I was working at 60 Minutes when my only sister was shot and killed by her husband....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I was 20 years old when Roe v. Wade was decided. A year before the decision, a young woman who lived in my dormitory...
