Cooper Allen, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)—It all comes down to this. The campaign is coming to a close, and we’re now on the eve of...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The November 4 election is only a moment away. Believe it or not, as of about two weeks ago, two...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist The closer Election Day gets, the more confused I am by the behavior of Democrats. For the past several years,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The Black vote is said to be the determining factor in whether the Democrats hold the U.S. Senate. President Obama is...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Although Latinos are growing at a faster rate than any other ethnic group in the United States, they will have...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Lost in the frenzy to erect barriers to voting, including reducing the hours available for early voting and imposing strict...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The Court holds that SB 14 creates an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote, has an impermissible discriminatory effect...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist We say we have “voting power,” but we have settled merely for the “power to vote.” We fight for the “right...
Sam Hananel, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Saturday that Texas can use its controversial new voter identification law for the November...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Midterm elections are invariably a downer for the political party holding the White House. One can usually expect losses. And so it...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Justice for 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who was murdered by Michael Dunn in Jacksonville, Fla. on Nov. 23, 2012 in...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The Supreme Court recently blocked an appeals court ruling that would have restored seven days of voting in Ohio. In just...
T. Kelly, Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Citizen DETROIT (The Michigan Citizen)—The Michigan Democratic Party is rolling out an aggressive plan to win the African...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We are facing an important moment in our democracy. While America has twice elected an African American president, there...
Chris Cillizza, Aaron Blake, and Sean Sullivan, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Now is the time in an election cycle where the tectonic political plates undergirding key...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black Americans and others who want to contribute to the future progressive transformation of our nation and world have...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist It is inaccurate for newscasters to say, “In the aftermath of the recent racial turmoil in Ferguson, Mo., calm...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist This is a call for all eligible Black folks to register and vote in every election from now until eternity, so...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The Kenyan Proverb, “When elephants fight, the grass suffers,” is apropos to us, the grassroots. Only in our case, we are...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I am constantly amazed by the lack of any meaningful, insightful post-election analysis on the various media outlets (radio, TV,...
