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...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist As I have reflected on the year just ended, I noticed everyone doing their usual year-end lists of the biggest...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Even though feuding Democrats and Republicans reached a last-minute deal on New Year’s Day to avoid the fiscal cliff,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist President Barack Obama has won his re-election. That history is clear and the big question now is who in...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Again this year, African Americans placed higher priorities on participation in politics than the pursuit of capitalistic and business development...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Over the span of one week, two different sides of President Obama emerged in different yet unforgettable terms. This first...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist What is it about Democratic presidents and Black women that result in the women always being thrown under the bus? Black...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Angela M. Gilliam NNPA We, as African Americans, simply could not remain silent when word broke of the Israeli bombings of...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist President Obama’s decisive victory in this year’s presidential election signaled a shift in both demographics and attitude in America. While...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINTON (NNPA) – Despite efforts in some states to suppress the Black vote and predictions that African-Americans would not turn...
House Vote Against Holder ‘Highly Politicized’ By George E. Curry Editor-in-Chief NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The House of Representatives vote to hold Attorney...
By George E. Curry Editor-in-Chief NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With conservative Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. providing a surprise supporting vote, the United...
