By William Spriggs NNPA Guest Columnist On Sept. 12, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted for the 42nd time to derail the Affordable Care Act....
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Throughout history every civilization owes its existence to its military. Societies exist because they are adequately protected against outside sources...
[Washington Post] Americans are blaming congressional Republicans more than President Obama for causing Tuesday’s federal government shutdown, according to the first polls conducted since Washington came...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The Federal Reserve Chairman is not only one of the most important economic policymakers in America, he or she is...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Speaking to a war-weary nation Tuesday night, President Barack Obama asked Congress to postpone a vote authorizing...
[LAS VEGAS SUN] President Barack Obama will become the first U.S. leader in three decades to attack another nation without robust international support or in direct...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After repeatedly praising Dr. Martin Luther King., Jr., for leading a movement in the 1950s and...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The contrast between the attitudes of China’s President Xi Jinping and our President Barack Obama is absolutely shocking. President Xi...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist In the 2008 presidential election, Blacks were the largest voting bloc for Obama (as a percentage)—96 percent. In 2012, Obama received...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Due to Supreme Court rulings that were occurring in the United States, President Barack Obama’s advocacy for gay rights took place...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist President Obama has concluded his three-country tour of Africa. He visited Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. Most presidential trips overseas have...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist President Obama and the first lady’s trip to sub-Saharan Africa, scheduled for June 26-July 3, will included South Africa, the West...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist We have these programs from the blood, sweat and tears of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the other...
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 Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “’I’m learning that milestones are a very difficult thing to get through in this first year . . ....
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The term “payday loans” often evokes images of stores with garish neon signs; but these products have moved into the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I read the speech. I read it carefully. Again, an excellent speech; as a result, you have to read...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Despite working a full-time job, many low-wage workers still live in poverty. This isn’t right.” – Rep. George Miller...
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 Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Speaking to the newly-minted graduates of Atlanta’s historically Black and all-male Morehouse College May 19, President Obama urged them...
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...
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By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The Obama administration deserves to be richly criticized for surreptitiously obtaining the telephone records of reporters for the Associated...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Over the past few weeks, President Obama has made comments that seemed to signal his support for expanding LNG...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist President Obama recently nominated Melvin (Mel) Watt, a long-time North Carolina Congressman, to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)....
