All posts tagged "Commentary"

We Must Be at Our Best When Things Get Bad

By Hank Sanders (Alabama State Senator) I desperately called on my dear mother. Across the chasm of her death nearly 20 years ago, she reminded me...

Democrats Could Lose Even More in 2018

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The apprehension that I felt upon Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has only increased as he has announced...

Sore Loser Liberals Turn to Attacking Trump’s Cabinet Picks

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Blacks voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton. Republicans engaged in voter suppression tactics nationwide. Clinton won the popular vote. Trump’s chief...

Black America’s Resilience Will Keep Us Struggling Forward

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Nobody said that the road to freedom, justice and equality would be easy. In the...

Memo to Hillary Supporters: Trump Won, Stop Whining and Grow Up

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A few years ago, I wrote one of the most difficult columns that I have ever had to write. In...

The Three Elections that Shaped Obama’s Legacy

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first backlash election of the presidency of President Barack Obama’s time in office was 2010 when Democrats in...

Trump Won the Election, but White Supremacy Won’t Win Forever

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Contributor) I began election night with exuberance. I was among the many who forecast a Hillary win. The only disagreement among...

Ask Alma: My Family Treats Me Like Trash and I’m Ready to Cut Them Off

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I am 40 years old and have finally decided to cut my mother, father, sister and oldest...

Blackonomics: Elections Won’t Change Anything, Until We Vote with Our Wallets

By Jim Clingman (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) By the time you read this, I trust you will have wiped away the slime and the grunge, regurgitated...

The 2016 Presidential Election Exposed America’s Racist and Sexist Patriarchy for the World to See

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Just a few days before the corrosive 2016 election, it occurs to me that no matter what the outcome, our...

New York AG, CFPB Join Forces to Fight Illegal National Debt Collection Scheme

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A new federal lawsuit alleges that since at least 2009, two major players in the debt collection industry have illegally...

New RNC TV Ads Do Little to Reach Black Voters

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Seven Reasons Why Blacks Should Vote for Trump and Conservatism on November 8

By Harry R. Jackson, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) We are in the middle of one of the most volatile and unpredictable presidential elections in living...

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the Frankensteins that Washington Created

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) How ironic that this week Americans celebrated Halloween. This is the time of year when a lot of children and...

New Poll: 84 percent of Black Voters Think Donald Trump is Racist

What You Need to Know about the NAACP’s War on Charter Schools

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The call for a moratorium on charter schools by the NAACP is a case of “Throwing the baby out with...

We Need Less Division and More Unity in our Politics and our Country

By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) This presidential cycle has arguably brought out the very worst in our nation. Insults are hurled and people’s character is...

A Week after the Election, the State of the Black World Conference Convenes in Newark

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I’m writing two weeks before the November 8 election, writing and praying that Election Day comes sooner than it is...

Ask Alma: Instead of Spending Quality Time with his Kids, My Son Drops them off at My House

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I need your advice. I love my son with all my heart. He’s been a good son and...

As For-profit College Enrollment Climbs, Blacks Graduate with More Debt

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) With 44 million consumers owing about $1.4 trillion in student loans, a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

Mainstream Media Is Rigging the System and the Clinton E-mails Prove It

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I will be writing this column in the spirit of the 2002 blockbuster film, “Minority Report,” which starred Tom Cruise....

Donald Trump Is Straight Up Lying about Voter Fraud

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I watched the Presidential debate on October 19 in both awe and horror. Awe, because I truly do not understand...

Early Voting Is Critical to Our Democracy

By Rosetta Perry (Publisher, The Tennessee Tribune) Early voting has already begun in some 37 states and Washington D.C. Yet, many Blacks remain unaware of this...

Why the HBCU Community Should Support Hillary Clinton for President

By Glenda Baskin Glover (President, Tennessee State University) This article summarizes why African Americans should be eager to vote this year, and why historically Black colleges...

Why We Must Continue to Fight Efforts to Suppress Black Votes

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO, NNPA) In all democracies, the right to vote is fundamental to the legitimacy of an elected government...