By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist At first I wondered why I felt so powerful a sense of déjà vu last week when the Senate...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Sequestration is like the sand in an hour glass. When the sand starts falling, it does not seem to...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Several of my readers of have questioned why I am writing positive articles about my Republican Party. The simple answer...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist The Presidential Medal of Freedom is bestowed by the president of the United States and is – along with the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “It is easily seen, that if every member of the race strove to make himself successful in business, he would contribute...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Despite all the infighting going on within my Republican Party, I am seeing reason for great hope as we go...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Even after the White House and Congress stagger to reach a last-minute deal to avert yet another budget crisis,...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Within a matter of days late last month, four controversies erupted that acutely underscore the crux of Black Americans continuing...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Our minds fasten on that single moment on the bus — Mrs. Parks alone in that seat, clutching her...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist It’s time to man up – I was wrong about Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. First, some background. I wrote a...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist March is the official month to “discuss” women and it could not arrive too soon. What is sad about both...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.” If eight years have passed...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the wake of the killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. last month and just before Vice President...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Governments – federal through local – are run by revenue. The source for their revenue is taxation. Their management...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After blinking during in a New Year’s Day showdown with President Obama that could have triggered across-the-board...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Congressman John Boehner was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives with a narrow vote. Needing 218 votes, he barely...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is a different feel in the air, and it should not be surprising. As historic as was the...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist As I have reflected on the year just ended, I noticed everyone doing their usual year-end lists of the biggest...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Even though feuding Democrats and Republicans reached a last-minute deal on New Year’s Day to avoid the fiscal cliff,...
House Vote Against Holder ‘Highly Politicized’ By George E. Curry Editor-in-Chief NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The House of Representatives vote to hold Attorney...
