By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist I believe our future is in good hands, despite what recent news headlines would have us otherwise believe. You are...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The Obama administration is preparing for an expansion of U.S. military involvement into areas from which it should keep...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist Recently, 400,000 poor and underserved Louisianans, many them people of color, were shut out of potentially life-saving health insurance...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A trip to South Africa provides painful reminders of the protracted struggle to establish democracy,...
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 Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The small-dollar loans that generate long-lasting debt for consumers and cost them billions of dollars each year are drawing the...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist African American students achieve at a different level than White students. Test scores are lower, as are high school and college...
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 Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Depending on the day, what you’re reading or who you’re listening to, the economy is either still in the tank,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It baffles my mind. There are threats and actual terror hits happening all over the world and we are...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “No more hurting people. Peace.” – Eight-year-old Martin Richard, a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing Acts of terror like...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When President Obama was first elected, in 2008, much of the world waited to see what sort of changes...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I don’t know where CNN’s John King got the information that a suspect in the Boston bombing was “a dark-skinned...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Every time the National Rifle Association (NRA) or its political allies block any form of gun control, people throw...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist There has been much discussion about the big picture items in President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal 2014. If...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The right wing seems determined to associate President Obama with any government program that helps people on the bottom. Thus, the...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Unemployment rates were “little changed” in March 2013 – they were either holding steady or dropping by a tenth of...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A broad coalition of state and national organizations is pushing to preserve a key federal program that has helped more...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Surely you’ve heard the saying, “Money Talks.” But, have you ever wondered what is said about Black money? Obviously, understanding its power...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist In American politics, many object to power flowing through blood rather than through the ballot. A “dynasty” is a sequence 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 James Clingman NNPA Columnist Thomas Boston, noted economist and author of Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship, in which he called for a strategy that would...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The push for the Black vote is on. Black folks are back in style. Black is beautiful – again. Since...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In today’s challenging financial times, the cost of living finds many consumers with an ongoing financial challenge to hold on...
