By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Kanye West is melting down. He didn’t perform to expectations at two concert dates, declaring, at one, that he would...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I was sitting at a Starbucks trying to mind my own business and right next to me two individuals...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In April 2005, I wrote an article titled, “Billion Dollar March,” at the behest of “The Ice Supreme Man” Ashiki...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As Americans adjust to the realities wrought by the recent elections, one of the most important consequences has yet to...
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...
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...
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...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Every time I think the Republican National Committee (RNC) has bottomed out in its inability to properly engage with the...
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...
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...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The countdown to President Obama’s last one hundred days began on October 13. Already, the President has committed to spending...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never has so much been said by so many about so little. This feigned outrage at...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Black folks in America have been so successfully programmed that many of us are still psychologically enslaved to the point...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is anticipating a Trump win in November. Or, at least, he is preparing...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Alright, team, we are getting close to the finish line: Election Day November 8. We have witnessed the first...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) It seems as though the nation’s cities and major metropolitan areas are sitting in anxious anticipation for the next police...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) There is no question that Hillary Clinton “won” the first presidential debate of this election cycle. She was knowledgeable, composed,...
By Marian Wright-Edelman (President, Children’s Defense Fund) “In the shadow of the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the King Memorial, and the front yard of the...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) With less than seven weeks to go before one of the most historic elections in our nation’s history, and when...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) On Saturday, September 10, I had the pleasure of being one of the featured speakers for the inaugural Liberty Farm...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The fight for fair lending got a big boost on August 31 when a federal court rejected a payday loan...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Are you ready to vote? Are you registered? These may seem like simplistic questions, especially for those who are aware,...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As if to compound the insult to American power represented by the world’s vociferous rejection of the Bush doctrine, the...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) While millions of children (and teachers) welcome the call to go back to school in August and early September, all...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) The freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement of Black people in America and throughout the...
