By James Clingman NNPA Columnist What now? What a raucous, topsy-turvy, heart-wrenching, angry year we experienced in 2014. We had everything from the sadness of...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist As we begin 2015, millions of people throughout the world will make their annual New Year’s resolutions. But...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist As the end of another tumultuous year approaches, Black people again find ourselves in the relative same economic and political...
(Reuters)—Mall crowds were relatively thin early on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Here’s a sobering statement from Economic Policy Institute (EPI): “Fifty years ago (2013), the unemployment rate was 5% for Whites and...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist After the “Tuesday Evening Massacre” of the Elephants over the Donkeys, in January 2009, I wrote an article that warned about...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The midterm elections are over, the final numbers are in and they don’t look pretty if you’re a progressive. So,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Black folks lead the nation in church-going, praise-dancing, shouting, call-and-response, and “whoopin.” We like to “get our church on” and feel...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Over the past few decades Black people have been led to believe that we have “power” because we earn and spend...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Here’s an intriguing concept: Arrest the Black dollar. Say what, Jim? You read it correctly. We should arrest our dollars...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In a previous article, I noted the ridiculous scenario of Black people protesting while others profited, how we travel across the...
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 James Clingman NNPA Columnist Remember the Jena Six? Some 15,000 to 20,000 protesters went to Jena, La. in 2006 to demonstrate against injustice. After...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist A series of recent reports cite the drastic lack of economic progress for Black people in general and Black men...
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 James Clingman NNPA Columnist This is a call for all eligible Black folks to register and vote in every election from now until eternity, so...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist In light of all the racism mounting up around us I put myself in Harriet Tubman’s shoes. Her mind had to...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist A caller on the Carl Nelson Show (WOL 1450AM – Washington, D.C.), at least each time I have heard him,...
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 James Clingman NNPA Columnist If you and your children were sitting at the dinner table, with no food and no prospects for getting any,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In a 2010 report titled, “Lifting as we Climb: Women of Color, Wealth, and America’s Future,” posted by Insight – Center...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.” – Mayer Amschel Rothschild I often wonder if...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist The NBA playoffs, the NFL draft, and elevator music with Jay Z and Beyonce are all distractions in the pursuit of...
By Ron Busby, Sr. NNPA Columnist Let me get my disclaimer out of the way first. The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) is a business organization. Our sole...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In light of what most of us know about the economy and where Black people fit, mostly as consumers rather than...
