By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (President and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) As the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), I’m spending...
By Marian Wright Edelman (President, Children’s Defense Fund) Our nation’s budget should reflect our nation’s professed values, but President Trump’s 2018 Federal Budget, “A New Foundation...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Once again the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has proven why it is the Hillary Clinton...
By Maxine Daniels (Founder of “I Bike Harlem”) For decades, many travelers to New York City have limited their excursions to Manhattan neighborhoods south of Central...
By Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-N.C.) Summer internships are one important way that students can explore passions they want to pursue as a profession. They are exposed...
By Dr. Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Media Campaign) During the month of May, many of us celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the Brown vs. Board...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I have a friend who knows I am hiring people to fix up my house, and she...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A House bill designed to reverse regulation of financial services and end consumer protections is attracting the attention of a...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Once again, the liberal, mainstream media has lost its collective mind over the mess swirling around President Trump in regard...
By Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) Growing up in a church parsonage, the eldest son of a fundamentalist Christian minister, grounded me securely in faith and...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Families, who have assembled the necessary financial resources to apply, qualify, and then purchase a home, understandably value that key...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I could not be more proud of the students at Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) than if I had raised them myself....
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) There was the proposed massive budget cut to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the incessant rhetoric about...
By Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) Two years ago on April 12, 2015, Freddie Gray’s life was lost while in custody of the Baltimore City Police...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Have you ever heard of the Marshall Islands? They are 1156 islands that constitute a republic in the South...
By Johnny C. Taylor Jr. (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) My job is to promote the interests of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. So naturally I...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A few days ago the Trump Administration passed the 100 day milestone, and I can’t help but think, “So what?”...
By Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) As you read this, our world stands at a crossroads. As you read this, 20 million people stand at risk of...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Since its inception, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has faced an unrelenting onslaught of attacks. From lawmakers, to lobbyists...
By Angelo C. Louw (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) “I have observed this in my experience of slavery, — that whenever my condition was improved, instead of...
By Judith Auerbach, Robert Bank, Chris Collins, JD Davids, Rebecca Haag, David Ernesto Munar, Dana Van Gorder, Phill Wilson and A. Toni Young (Original Conveners of...
A Commentary By Evin Cosby I am the youngest of five. I remember our family trips and moving to NYC just so we could be closer...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Former Fox News Channel anchor Bill O’Reilly, the man whose lofty ratings were responsible for the growth of the network,...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Remember the scene from “New Jack City” when Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) told Scotty (Ice-T), “This ain’t personal; this is...
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO, NNPA) All parents want the best for their children. We all acknowledge that attaining a high-quality K-12...
