All posts tagged "Commentary"

Racism in the Workplace and the Whitewashing of the #MeToo Movement

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) was the first member of the Congressional Black Caucus to leave his job after the “MeToo”...

OP-ED: I’m Passing the TMCF Baton to DSU President Dr. Harry L. Williams

By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (Former President & CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) If you are like me, watching the Summer Olympics has always been a...

OP-ED: Is Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Weak on Student Loan Protections?

By Charlene Crowell (Communications Deputy Director, Center for Responsible Lending) In case you haven’t yet heard, Richard Cordray, the first-ever Director of the Consumer Financial Protection...

OP-ED: Hundreds Rallied for Meek Mill, but What about the Rest?

OP-ED: If Black Lives Really Matter to Black People, Then It’s Time to Stop Watching the NFL.

What Everyone Can Learn from the Texas ESSA State Plan

By Lynette Monroe (Program Assistant, NNPA ESSA Media Campaign) Education officials in Texas put a lot of work into the Every Student Succeeds Act state plan...

Ask Alma: My Ex Takes Care of Our Daughter, Financially. Now He Wants to See Her. Should I Let Him?

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma: I had a baby in my twenties when I was dealing with this guy, who was in the...

Why Ending AIDS in Africa Matters to Black Americans

By Dr. Djibril Diallo (Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, UNAIDS) World AIDS Day (December 1) is fast approaching and a recently launched initiative aimed...

Op-Ed: Payday Lenders Want to Charge Triple-digit Interest on Your Loans. The U.S. Congress You Elected Wants to Help Them.

By Charlene Crowell (Communications Deputy Director, Center for Responsible Lending) “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” is a well-known adage. In recent weeks,...

You Better Watch Your Mouth: Dental Care in the Black Community

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) From the time I was a little girl, to just a day or so ago, someone has always told me...

OP-ED: We Have to Focus on the Real Causes of Health Disparities in the Black Community

By Uni Blake (Scientific Adviser, American Petroleum Institute) The health of African American communities is a genuine cause for concern in our country, but attacking the...

Black Celebrities, Athletes and Politicians Must Respect the Black Press

By Rosetta Miller-Perry (The Tennessee Tribune/NNPA Member) Throughout history, the Black Press has been the best friend that Black celebrities, athletes and politicians have ever had....

Is the FBI’s New Focus on “Black Identity Extremists” the New COINTELPRO?

By Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02) (Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus) If you’ve been to a Black Lives Matter rally or tweeted the related hashtag recently, then...

Accepting the Challenge to Ensure Future Leadership

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO, NNPA) I once asked the first African American billionaire, Reginald F. Lewis, what single word best defined...

Why Black Faith Leaders Must Lead the Fight for Healthcare Access

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) First of all, despite the Trump Administration’s efforts to kill (“repeal and replace”) the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it is...

Texans Owner Bob McNair Meant Everything He Said about NFL Players

By Jeffrey Boney (Houston Forward Times/NNPA Member) Black players in the National Football League have been described as ungrateful, thugs, sons of b***hes and inmates by...

Black Students in the Nation’s Capital Deserve Better

By Lynette Monroe (Program Assistant, NNPA ESSA Media Campaign) In my role as the program assistant for the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Every Student Succeeds...

Public Schools Are More Segregated Now than They Were 40 Years Ago

By Rushern Baker (County Executive, Prince Georges County, Md.) On November 4, 1952, Dr. Helen Kenyon addressed the Women’s Society of Riverside Church in New York...

TMCF Is Increasing the HBCU Talent Pipeline into the C-Suite

By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (President and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) recently held its 17th Annual Leadership Institute (LI)...

With “Add-ons,” Blacks Often Pay Higher Fees for Car Purchases than Whites

By Charlene Crowell (Deputy Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) It’s that time of year again when auto dealers try to make room in their showrooms...

Ask Alma: I Hooked My Friend Up with a Job and They Complained about It on Facebook

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma: I have a friend that shares everything in their life on Facebook. This friend’s car has broken down...

Trump Makes George W. Bush Look Like the 2nd Best U.S. President

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I never thought I would miss President George W. Bush, our 43rd president, and I’ve never much thought of him...

The Value in Being Unreasonable

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Paraphrasing my buddy, British playwright George Bernard Shaw, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable man adapts...

Did the FBI Just Declare War on Black People?

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) While White men are beating Black men on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, while a “lone” White wolf is shooting...