By William Reed NNPA Columnist The sequester is but a bump on the road to America’s real ruin. For those who don’t know, the U.S. is...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist For someone who seems to revel in being silent during the Supreme Court’s traditionally lively oral arguments – when...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Suppose one of the key committees in Congress scheduled a hearing on one of the country’s most debilitating economic...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “No more hurting people. Peace.” – Eight-year-old Martin Richard, a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing Acts of terror like...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When President Obama was first elected, in 2008, much of the world waited to see what sort of changes...
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 Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The right wing seems determined to associate President Obama with any government program that helps people on the bottom. Thus, the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Yes indeed and it is documented that the growth of natural gas production is creating jobs, expanding manufacturing at...
Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Our nation is moving towards two societies, one black, one white – separate and unequal.” – 1967 Kerner Commission In 1963, more...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Two weeks ago, President Obama met with three African presidents—Koroma (Sierra Leone), Sall (Senegal), Banda (Malawi), and Prime Minister of...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Guest Columnist On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped to the podium of the Riverside Church in New...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I never considered the late Rodney King anything of a philosopher, but as one observes Washington shenanigans, especially around fiscal...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The push for the Black vote is on. Black folks are back in style. Black is beautiful – again. Since...
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...
