By Marian Wright Edelman (President of the Children’s Defense Fund) “So Dad has joined the other [ancestors] up there. I feel that they do watch and...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Last week rapper Snoop Dogg put up an epic video rant on his Instagram. In the verbiage that only...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association) The legendary scholar, writer and visionary James Baldwin once personally confided with me that...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill once stated, “To every man there comes in his lifetime that special...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My friend of over 15 years recently made the decision it was time for her and her...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dylann Roof, the unrepentant racist who killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. is,...
By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. (Founder and President of Rainbow PUSH Coalition) America is literally falling apart. In Flint, Mich., children were poisoned by the lead...
By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I’m about to be extremely facetious! We’re Black, right? We all like a “hook-up” on something every now...
By Marc Morial (President and CEO of the National Urban League) “Don’t just give us money, and don’t just show up for the Equal Opportunity Day...
By Dr. Patricia Maryland (NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist) Since 1999, May has been designated as National Military Appreciation Month, an opportunity for Americans to show...
[QZ.COM] I met Kenny in June of 2009. I was 22 and he was 34. I am a blues singer—he’d seen me at one of the...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I constantly tell my readers to always remember the key tenant of liberalism is “intent, not result.” To a...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) For all their dueling ideologies, Senator Bernie Sanders and “presumptive Republican nominee” Donald Trump are two sides of the...
[VERYSMARTBROTHAS.COM] When I went to my office bathroom this past Sunday, I encountered something terrifying that led me to run out shortly after I entered. I...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA News Wire Columnist) If you are like me, you sometimes find yourself surfing the Web when you are supposed to be...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, A male friend of mine moved to my city for a six-month work assignment. To welcome him...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Blacks gave Obama 96 percent of their votes in 2008 and 94 percent of their votes in 2012. We,...
By Carla Lane (Houston Forward Times, NNPA Member) Dear Carla, I am currently in the market for a new job. I haven’t had much luck in...
By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) There is a crisis of monumental proportion in our so-called “Black communities.” A crisis that if not checked will...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) For more than a decade, broad-based coalitions at both the state and federal levels have united consumer advocates, labor,...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I was apprehensive when I learned that President Obama would give the commencement speech at Howard University this year....
By Jeffrey Boney (Houston Forward Times, NNPA Member) I have come a long way and have been through quite a bit on my journey here on...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Those who have followed my writings know that I have been and will continue to be very critical of...
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My wife and I divorced after 38 years of marriage. I still don’t understand why, I want...
By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Veteran radio talk show host Carl Nelson, will present his third Power Talk event on June 17-19, 2016 at...
