By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A few days ago, HUD released data showing that more 620,000 troubled homeowners received more than $50 billion in principal...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Ka’Nard Allen has been shot twice in his 10-year-old life. On May 12, he went with his mother to...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Remember back-in-the-day when you used to poke your mouth out, bug your parents (or whatever adult was in charge) about...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist There is no easy way or walk to freedom; no shortcuts to justice; no quick fix for conceiving and constructing...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same things you are. Working hard. Supporting your family and your community....
[LA Times] I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: “Dr. Dre and music producer...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The Obama administration deserves to be richly criticized for surreptitiously obtaining the telephone records of reporters for the Associated...
By Julian Bond NNPA Guest Columnist I have always suspected that racists didn’t like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It will strike many of you as counter-intuitive, but there has been a rising phenomenon of unemployed workers suffering...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s no coincidence that in the next few weeks the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist As Memorial Day approaches, I can’t help but think about Miami’s unofficial Urban Beach Week. It’s the largest urban festival...
By Dave Steward NNPA Guest Columnist Winston Churchill once said, “to every man there comes a time in his life when he is figuratively tapped...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Some people say “common sense is not common,” which may be the main reason Black people are not as far...
By Wendell Anthony NNPA Guest Columnist One Hundred- and 80 years ago in his journey across America to report on “Democracy in America,” the great...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “The findings represent a tipping point for blacks, who for much of American history were disenfranchised and then effectively barred from...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I was flipping through the TV channels last week and came across one of Spike Lee’s best movies, School Daze. This...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When some of us saw the first video of Charles Ramsey, the colorful Black dishwasher in Cleveland who is...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I call it The Hip Hop Dilemma. The symptoms are all around us. You hate the new direction Hip...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Although the dictionary calls it archaic, the “management of a household” is one of the definitions listed for the word “economy.” Another...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Suppose one of the key committees in Congress scheduled a hearing on one of the country’s most debilitating economic...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Ask anyone you know and you’ll find most Americans don’t see the validity of the issue of reparations for Blacks...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Once again the Black community has been shown how irrelevant they have become in the U.S. Most of the blame...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) asked for public comments on private student loan debt affordability. By...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Let me first say that I believe a woman should have the right to an abortion. It is the...
