By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A series of developments following the Wells Fargo scandal has now led to the introduction of legislation designed to bring...
By Harry C. Alford (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Born on August 13, 1926 out of wedlock on his father’s sugarcane farm in the third world nation of...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I have been trying to figure out how there can be any discussion of registering Muslims due to alleged...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Imagine if Donald Trump got two million more votes than Hillary Clinton, but by some fluke of Electoral College...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Professor Deva Woodly teaches political science at the New School for Social Research in New York. During a recent talk,...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) President-elect Donald Trump owes the Black community absolutely nothing. Let me repeat that: HE OWES US NOTHING! Blacks gave Trump...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The election of Donald J. Trump signals very dark days ahead. Not for the American people, of course, but for...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Last week, I was watching some NBA games on TNT and one of the game’s announcers was famed broadcaster Marv...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, Alma, I’m wondering what’s going on with Kanye West? Do you think there are some underlying reasons...
By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) “When the axe came into the Forest, the trees said, ‘The handle is one of us.’” — Macedonian Axiom “A...
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 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Racism is a malignant, powerful, and harmful reality for millions of persons of color throughout...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The leadership of the Democratic Party, at the highest levels, has consisted of mostly White men and women and...
Why I Support the #FeesMustFall Movement By Angelo Louw (NNPA Newswire Guest Contributor) “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I can’t give you all the details, but let’s just say my boyfriend is doing something that...
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 Hank Sanders (Alabama State Senator) I desperately called on my dear mother. Across the chasm of her death nearly 20 years ago, she reminded me...
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 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Nobody said that the road to freedom, justice and equality would be easy. In the...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A few years ago, I wrote one of the most difficult columns that I have ever had to write. In...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first backlash election of the presidency of President Barack Obama’s time in office was 2010 when Democrats in...
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...
