By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Racial discrimination does exist in this world but certainly not at the level it did prior to the Civil Rights...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist History is full of great dreamers. The United States has certainly prospered from some of the greatest. Blacks can...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Apple’s success story is a familiar one: a group of misfits who grew an unlikely startup from the confines of...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Last week, the Obama Administration declared war on 1 million underserved students pursuing higher education throughout the United States. While...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The African American story is indeed one of the most unique tales of human struggle, uplifting and success. One...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is the latest in a series of interaction between this aggressive government and...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Our past was certainly all about the money. As soon as the Europeans discovered the Americas and determined that...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist To overhaul and drastically change a major industry that accounts for one sixth of our economy is more than...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Climate change is a fact. We have seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, which rotate on an eternal basis. ...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The United Auto Workers union was once a powerful, large, proud and effective organization. It reached its prominence under...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist This is in response to a recent article in Roll Call by Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) titled “We Ain’t Broke” in which he stated:...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Across the nation our public schools are not performing as they should or as they used to. There is...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It was the early 1970s and my mentor, the late Arthur Fletcher, received the “green light” from Secretary of...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Where do you begin to talk about the greatness of Nelson Mandela? The world has been blessed with very...
Beyond the Rhetoric: Notes from the DR By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The weather was perfect. The facilities were clean and professionally run. All participants wore...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist While going through some old boxes the other day, I came upon an old video tape. It was a tribute...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It has recently been in the press the financial woes of the Grambling State University football team. Players boycotted traveling...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Throughout history every civilization owes its existence to its military. Societies exist because they are adequately protected against outside sources...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There are very few things that are as vile and predatory than cheating young Black students out of a...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Do you know the true value of your business? I doubt it as 80 percent of all business owners...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist In my travels I have met many outstanding warriors. The late Arthur A. Fletcher and Parren J. Mitchell have cultivated...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Like many American cities, Indianapolis was a venue for mass discrimination against Black owned construction business. I had been working...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It has been a long and rocky ride down the economic slope for the Motor City, a city I know...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist In the past, there were so many hangings, beatings, shootings and bombings. They went without justice being applied. During the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The latest session of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) had the interest of Black Americans like never before. On the...
