By Raynard Jackson NNPA News Wire Columnist Another election cycle, another year of Blacks being sold out by their media-appointed leadership. Why am I the only...
[YAHOO] FORT WORTH—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie formally backed Donald Trump’s bid for the GOP presidential nomination, giving his former rival a potentially significant boost in...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist For years deceptive and predatory lenders have bilked millions of trusting consumers from their hard-earned monies, while consumer advocates...
[BLOOMBERG] At a Jeb Bush staff meeting in the conference room of a Phoenix hotel in May, a text message popped into the phone of his...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Michelle Alexander, the brilliant author of The New Jim Crow, writes in The Nation – that Hillary Clinton does...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer While Sen. Bernie Sanders was in New York City dining with the Rev. Al Sharpton and courting...
By Ivory Phillips Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Jackson Advocate The long-awaited bill that would authorize a new board to control Jackson’s Medgar...
By D. Kevin McNeir NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a pause from campaigning on Sunday, Feb. 7 to visit Flint,...
[PULSE.NG] Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, who has served in top roles at the Treasury Department, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed Caroline Atkinson as...
By Danny L. White Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Arizona Informant Fifty years ago America again was at the cross roads of decision....
(Politico) – Before the rise of the religious right in the 1980s, most politicians kept their faith to themselves. In 1945, for example, President Harry...
(Politico) – Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says his biggest challenge will be righting the course of Congress, adding — in a swipe at outgoing...
DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Conservatives and liberals not only have different political views, they diverge sharply on what news sources they...
JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Not all politicians convicted of crimes leave politics for good. This week, ex-Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci decided to...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Question: What do you call someone who believes White shopkeepers and owners of other large and small businesses have the...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Two weeks ago, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) set off a firestorm of controversy by saying on the syndicated radio talk show...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although the shutdown of the federal government that began Tuesday is affecting all Americans, a disproportionate portion...
[POLITICO] Top congressional leaders including House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed President Barack Obama’s proposed military strikes against Syria, but that...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – “There is a ‘state of emergency’ without urgency in Black America,” writes Ron Daniels, president of the...
By Ryan Cooper Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel About three years ago, in late March 2010, Shirley Sherrod, who was then the...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist When I read the recently released report by The College Republican National Committee (CRNC), titled, “Grand Old Party for a Brand New...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The aphorism, “A friend in need is a friend indeed,” is especially relevant to the conversations being held among Black...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Like too many events since the beginning of the Obama presidency, various attacks on the administration by the Republicans...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist These are very wild times here in Washington, D.C. We are four big scandals going on that could threaten...
