NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Wall Street Project’s Economic Summit will bring entrepreneurs, corporate executives and the nation’s leading policymakers together to increase business and employment opportunities...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “What the president has done has opened up the eyes of so many people,” said NAACP President, Derrick Johnson. “This nation has still...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states…Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The hardest work in the world is being out of work.” – Whitney M. Young, National Urban League President 1961-1971...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “What the people want is very simple: they want an America as good as its promise.” – Texas Congresswoman...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education is one of the most...
Community leaders Terry Boykin and LAPD officer Stinson Brown underscore the need to support young black men and fathers by Corey Arvin Special to the NNPA...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist How amazing it is that Black people in this nation, collectively, are the worst off but yet the most comical, entertaining,...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist Not long ago, I attended the release of the National Urban League’s Annual State of Black America Report at the National Press...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Margarita “Maggie” Anderson wants to transform “Buy Black” from a leftover 1960s slogan to a modern economic empowerment strategy. And...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The wealth gap between African Americans and Whites has expanded in recent years and is not likely...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Blacks have fallen behind in their efforts to reach parity with Whites in several key areas since...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be...
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Stephen Compton graduated from Grambling State University in 2006, his goal was to begin his career...
