By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma: I am a 64 year-old divorced woman who lives with my father. Some years ago, when my marriage...
By Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, II (President, Repairers of the Breach) Jeremiah 22:1-3,4-5 The Message (MSG) “Walking Out on the Covenant of God” 22 1-3...
By Jeffrey Boney (Houston Forward Times/NNPA Member) Hey, dope fiend? Yeah, I’m talking to you. Don’t look around. We need to have a serious talk about...
By Charlene Crowell (Deputy Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) The late Langston Hughes created a masterful body of poetry in the 20th Century that spoke...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I am not sure why the national anthem and the so-called American flag are part of our nation’s sports pageantry....
By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I’m going through an extremely difficult time with my son, his girlfriend and her mom. They all live...
By Derrick Johnson (Interim President and CEO, NAACP) We all know the power of the vote. One person, one vote serves as the basic ethos and...
By Charlene Crowell (Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) Civil rights leaders and Capitol Hill lawmakers are standing up and speaking out against a recent Department...
By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (President and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) Do you have $100,000 saved for your child to earn a four-year public college...
By Christopher G. Cox (Publisher/Managing Editor, realesavvy.com) Since it was passed in 1977, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has enabled thousands of low- and moderate-income families—many...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The income, poverty and health insurance data released by the Census Bureau on September 13 confirms what many of us...
By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I come to you as humbly as I know how, because I’m really at an interesting professional intersection....
By Bishop William J. Barber, II (President, Repairers of the Breach) Channeling the incisive analysis of our best historians, TaNehisi Coates cut through the talking points...
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By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I really enjoy your column and I could really use some advice. I’ll try to keep this short....
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. & Candice S. Cason (NNPA Newswire Columnists) It has been nothing short of horrifying to watch the pictures of Hurricane Harvey’s impact...
By Rep. Al Green (TX-09), Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) Historically, during times of national emergency, Americans unite to meet the...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) One of my favorite movies of all-time is “Deep Cover,” starring Laurence Fishburne. The movie debuted in 1992. Fishburne plays...
By Aiyana Thomas (NNPA/ESSA Contributor) Increasing parental engagement in education has been an important task for education policy makers. While it is unfortunate that some parents...
By Lynette Monroe (NNPA/ESSA Program Assistant) Last week, late nights, family road trips, and endless leisure came to an abrupt halt as children across the country...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I don’t often write about comedians, but the recent passing of my friend Dick Gregory reminded me of the very...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A scheme designed to evade an important Department of Education rule could soon lead to an estimated 41,000 former Corinthian...
By Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) As I write this, I am preparing to travel with my colleagues to Nigeria, where I will have the honor...
By Danny Glover (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) The history of housing in America is a history of discrimination. Even as people of color have made strides...
By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, During a team meeting at work, I came up with an idea to better assist our members and...
