By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As a new Congress and White House begin their respective governmental roles, a still-growing cadre of supporters and opponents are...
By Richard B. Muhammad (The Final Call/NNPA Member) Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison is seeking to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as the party seeks someone...
By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (President/North Carolina NAACP) In recent years, since extremists took over the GOP in North Carolina, my home state has...
By Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. (President and Founder/Rainbow PUSH Coalition) The final days of the Obama presidency are upon us. His popularity is rising with the...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) For the third time in two years, a large for-profit college has faced charges of defrauding its students. This time...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) For 50 years, Black people in the United States have celebrated the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Established by Dr. Maulana...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Is it still 2016? This really seems like the year that never ends. So much has happened of historical import...
[NYDAILYNEWS.COM] Jeff Fisher and Gus Bradley were both fired in the last two weeks. Fisher had a losing record for his sixth consecutive season. Bradley’s streak...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) One of the main reasons why Hillary Clinton lost the election had to do with perceived (and actual) security breaches...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) One of the post-election highlights for me was the meeting between Donald Trump and Bob Johnson. Billionaire to billionaire, Democrat...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In the United States of America, we love to bask in the glory of our “exceptionalism.” We are great; we...
By Angelo C. Louw (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) With new infection rates and AIDS-related deaths on a decline globally, it seems we are finally gaining ground...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In last week’s column, I discussed the hypocrisy running rampant within the Democratic Party when it comes to the hiring...
By Marc H. Morial (President and CEO/National Urban League) “Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of...
By Marc H. Morial (President and CEO, National Urban League) “I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished together over the past eight years. Here and around...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I would like to know how to comfort a close friend who has a cheating spouse. My...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) It hit me the other day that there is a new protocol involved in walking down the street. I...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In recent days, the media has been abuzz with speculation over cabinet appointments within the incoming President-elect Donald Trump administration....
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Negroes…sometimes choose their own leaders but unfortunately they are too often the wrong kind. Negroes do not readily follow persons...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) When Donald Trump was running for President, he specifically targeted the “White working class,” telling them that he’d prevent their...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A 2011 case that was filed in Manhattan’s U.S. District Court led to a 5-week trial in Houston and a...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King once said, “one of the shameful tragedies [of our nation] is that eleven o’clock...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In 1984, at age 33, Ben Carson became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital. He...
By Kia Soto (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill, who is presiding over Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial, has a glaring conflict...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My husband said he no longer believes in God. He did when I met him and when...
