by Starla Muhammad and Eric Ture Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call CHICAGO – The March 31 deadline for uninsured Americans to enroll...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist My friend is awaiting health insurance. This is not academic. She’s afraid that she might have cancer. Think about...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Tor the majority of more than 45 million Black Americans and millions of others who have been historically...
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 Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Blacks account for more new HIV infections, people estimated to be living with HIV disease, and HIV-related deaths than any...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Many ardent conservatives are critical of the Affordable Care Act or what they derisively call “Obamacare.” But what are they...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower After...
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Contractors who built the web portal for the Obama administration’s health insurance marketplace said Thursday...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Believe it or not, President Obama’s decision to finally stand up to Teapublicans – a Republican Party hijacked by...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The brilliant surgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson is out of order and out of control when he compares the Affordable Care Act...
By Stephanie J. Jones NNPA Columnist Dear Speaker Boehner: It’s hard to know whether to feel pity or disgust for you as we watch...
By William Spriggs NNPA Guest Columnist On Sept. 12, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted for the 42nd time to derail the Affordable Care Act....
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although the shutdown of the federal government that began Tuesday is affecting all Americans, a disproportionate portion...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Major provisions of the Affordable Care Act went into effect on Tuesday and, like all new programs, there was...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGNTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, health insurance market exchanges will open across the nation and more...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] It might not be Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, but Oct. 1 should be a shopping day to remember. For the first...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] PITTSBURGH — In a hotel conference room overlooking this city’s downtown, the leaders of one of the nation’s largest conservative advocacy groups outlined...
[THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR] In Oregon, folk singers croon about the state’s health insurance exchange in artsy television ads. Connecticut is passing out “Get covered” sunscreen at...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Somehow, it seems appropriate that a freshman Republican congressman who raises reindeer to pull Santa’s sleigh in holiday parades is suggesting that impeaching...
[LAS VEGAS SUN] President Barack Obama’s health care law is called the Affordable Care Act, but a glitch could make it unaffordable for many low-wage workers,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist “Oh, what wicked webs they weave.” The Affordable Care Act, a/k/a Obamacare, is starting to raise its ugly head. ...
By George E. Curry Editor-in-Chief NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With conservative Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. providing a surprise supporting vote, the United...
