By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Ronald Reagan quipped: “In the 60s we waged a war on poverty, and poverty won.” Did...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As fast food and retail workers continue to march for higher wages, a new study by the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite the disproportionate impact of poverty found in African American communities, only one of President Barack...
by James Wright Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus criticized Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Some children cheer when schools close for winter storms, but there are hungry children in America right now for...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the United States is still not a fair...
[VOA News] The human rights group Oxfam reported that the wealth of the world’s 85 richest people is equal to that of the poorer half the...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared a war on poverty. Appalled by the way too many Americans lived,...
[New York Times] WASHINGTON — Senator Marco Rubio says the American dream has become “unattainable.” Senator Mike Lee says reforming government benefits programs should be the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a move that has implications for Blacks throughout the U.S., more than a...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the American economy stumbles through an uneven economic recovery, Black children continue to suffer record...
by Rev. Franklin Fortier Special to the NNPA from the Greene County Democrat The Selma Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is protesting the Legal...
[REUTERS] The percentage of Americans living in poverty remained steady last year at 15 percent after rising for several years in the wake of the recession,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Selma, Ala., the county seat of Dallas County, was a bastion of White supremacy in 1965. At the time,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Several of us were sharing our views on radio Sunday night with Gary Byrd when my friend and colleague Cash...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Anyone despairing that Congress can’t get anything done should note last week’s swift vote to get furloughed air traffic...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist “Oh, what wicked webs they weave.” The Affordable Care Act, a/k/a Obamacare, is starting to raise its ugly head. ...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Once again the Black community has been shown how irrelevant they have become in the U.S. Most of the blame...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Newark, New Jersey Mayor, Corey Booker, following the example of Phoenix, Arizona Mayor, Greg Stanton, is accepting a challenge to...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As millions of families gather for marathon eating sessions across the nation this holiday season, Black families...
