By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a flawed document that freed enslaved...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Governments – federal through local – are run by revenue. The source for their revenue is taxation. Their management...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist African-American sports pundit, Rob Parker created a clamor and got himself suspended for saying on live television: “My question is...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We urge that a comprehensive jobs program be developed and executed by way of a partnership that includes government, the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When then-National Newspaper Publishers Association Chairman Danny Bakewell, Sr. asked me to emcee the Black Press Week luncheon at...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Congressman John Boehner was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives with a narrow vote. Needing 218 votes, he barely...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is a different feel in the air, and it should not be surprising. As historic as was the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist As New Year’s Eve countdowns wound down, many people turned to the familiar ritual of taking stock of where...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I miss you baby girl. Sweet caramel princess. African American, Puerto Rican Canadian with a wee bit of Irish…We...