By William Reed NNPA Columnist How many African Americans know that the president of the United States (POTUS) recently met with their leaders? How many among...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist The Presidential Medal of Freedom is bestowed by the president of the United States and is – along with the...
Composer and producer Ray Chew, also an accomplished keyboardist, is in his third season as musical director of “American Idol.” — SUBMITTED PHOTO Having put his...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When unemployment numbers were released on Friday, commentators reacted joyfully. Alan Krueger, who heads the White House Council of Economic...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When I saw in the news that Vice President Biden had gone out of his way to assure the...
By Gary L. Flowers NNPA Columnist At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you take and you...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Our minds fasten on that single moment on the bus — Mrs. Parks alone in that seat, clutching her...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist It’s time to man up – I was wrong about Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. First, some background. I wrote a...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist March is the official month to “discuss” women and it could not arrive too soon. What is sad about both...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Why do Black Americans allow the war on drugs’ unfair toll on people of color to continue? Instead of putting a stop...
Victories for Black Americans, and for all others who stand freedom, justice and equality, do not come easy and do not occur without a prolonged, sustained...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist What was it that made watching the ceremonies of President Obama’s second inauguration more satisfying than even the thrilling...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama has the opportunity, in this second term, to put his feet on history. He won an election...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist No one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer and too many innocent...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Just when you think leaders of the National Rifle Association can’t stoop any lower, they keep managing to plunge even...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist I’ve always disliked the way Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is often celebrated. The reasons why became even clearer to me...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea.” – Slain Civil Rights leader, Medgar Evers When President...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Four years ago, President Obama made history by becoming the first Black president in the history of the U.S. I...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Drone warfare is truly the warfare of the videogame age. The ‘pilot’ sits behind a panel, miles away from...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the wake of the killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. last month and just before Vice President...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The heartrending massacre of 20, 6- and 7-year-old children and six educators in Newtown, Conn. has galvanized public attention...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a flawed document that freed enslaved...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We urge that a comprehensive jobs program be developed and executed by way of a partnership that includes government, the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is a different feel in the air, and it should not be surprising. As historic as was the...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I miss you baby girl. Sweet caramel princess. African American, Puerto Rican Canadian with a wee bit of Irish…We...
