Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Our nation is moving towards two societies, one black, one white – separate and unequal.” – 1967 Kerner Commission In 1963, more...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Two weeks ago, President Obama met with three African presidents—Koroma (Sierra Leone), Sall (Senegal), Banda (Malawi), and Prime Minister of...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A decade after carefully ruling in two University of Michigan cases – striking down the undergraduate admissions procedures and...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist One of the worst ironies of the nagging economic recession is that consumers with the fewest financial resources have lost...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist August 2013 represents the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. Publicly associated with Dr. King’s famous “I have...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Anna Brown, a St. Louis-based homeless woman, needed treatment for a sprained ankle. She went to three emergency rooms seeking...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Several of my readers of have questioned why I am writing positive articles about my Republican Party. The simple answer...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In five months, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. In 1963, the March was jointly called...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I never considered the late Rodney King anything of a philosopher, but as one observes Washington shenanigans, especially around fiscal...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Every year for the past decade, under the agency’s “stop-and-frisk” program, New York City police officers have stopped 500,000...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist How many African Americans know that the president of the United States (POTUS) recently met with their leaders? How many among...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, released his long awaited report last week called the Growth and Opportunity...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.” Sheryl Sandberg In a...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist F. Scott Fitzgerald got it right when he said the rich are different. We are witnessing that in the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I visited Cleveland a few years ago. As I was heading towards downtown I noticed a sign that showed...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “I risked my life defending that right. If we are ever to actualize the true meaning of equality, effective measures such...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Who is the first Black person that comes to your mind when you think of wealth? Probably 99 out of 100...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one...
By Gary L. Flowers NNPA Columnist At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you take and you...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist In the midst of the Academy Awards drama on Sunday, February 24, one of the Onion’s writers (we don’t know...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Legal Shield was first known as PrePaid Legal and that is where this story begins. This...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Why do Black Americans allow the war on drugs’ unfair toll on people of color to continue? Instead of putting a stop...
