By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Minority business programs came to life as a compliance requirement for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Congress recently returned to Washington from its month-long August recess with a short, but vital to-do list for the two-week...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Planning for retirement requires strong discipline, flexibility and constant awareness. Most African Americans do little thinking about it. Those who...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I have seen too many families break up following the unforeseen death of a loved one. It is especially...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist If I didn’t see it with my own eyes I never would have believed it. Here was President Barack Obama...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I am writing this article from the beautiful nation of Costa Rica (Rich Coast in English). It is our mission...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The Obama administration has a flawed theory: Use diplomacy to keep the peace; it is better relations with other...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Finally, President Obama extended an invitation to African nations to participate in a Summit. It was rather short but...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Earlier this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new regulations intended to reduce carbon emissions from America’s power...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It reminds me of the classic Gone with the Wind. A young Scarlet O’Hara was standing in a field with her...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The idea hit me last week during the international panel at our 22nd annual conference in Chicago. Speaking on the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It appears nearly impossible for our nation to have an orderly and simple immigration program. It should be quite easy...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Our public school system is a wreck. It didn’t happen by circumstance. It is by design, a design to...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There is probably no poverty pimp that is lower than a leech. This type of hustler wants to suck up...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist We first visited Cuba in 2000. There was so much to see that we visited twice that year (August and...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist On March 17, Obama administration took aim at career colleges and schools across the country with a new raft...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Presidential Program for the Development of the Afro-Colombian Population – that is the name of the program to empower...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Capital Access has become more elusive than ever. Why? Because of a kneejerk reaction in 2010 by Congress responding to...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) always had a shady purpose. Its origin lies with the presidency Richard M. Nixon, who...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist My time in Washington has given me a real primer on the phrase “flavor of the week.” This week, all...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Procter & Gamble enjoys a long, proud history as a major Cincinnati employer. Its history goes back more than 175...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Racial discrimination does exist in this world but certainly not at the level it did prior to the Civil Rights...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist History is full of great dreamers. The United States has certainly prospered from some of the greatest. Blacks can...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Apple’s success story is a familiar one: a group of misfits who grew an unlikely startup from the confines of...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The African American story is indeed one of the most unique tales of human struggle, uplifting and success. One...
