By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist Over a picture of two bearded tuxedo-clad men kissing, a Nigerian-born acquaintance of mine posted the following on Facebook: “May...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A long-awaited decision by the United States Supreme Court led to a June 25 ruling that preserves the usage of...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Each time that I hear about the negotiations regarding the future of Iran’s nuclear program I am struck by...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “They were still living by faith when they died, Scripture tells us. They did not receive the things promised;...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It is no coincidence that two of the top three Republican candidates right now are non-politicians. The American people...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I am sick of hearing about how the media is misrepresenting our community and not fairly reporting issues. Have you...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist This month marks what would have been the 107th birthday of the late United States Supreme Court Justice...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist This month marks what would have been the 107th birthday of the late United States Supreme Court Justice...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist I recently wrote that several extraordinary developments of June – the tragedy at Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. Church and its...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Boyfriend Wants Second Chance Dear Alma, My boyfriend left me to be with another woman. It wasn’t the first time...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist “It is time to move the flag from the capitol grounds.” With those words, South Carolina Gov. Nikki...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist On their Website, the Sons of Confederate Veterans describe themselves as preserving the “history and legacy” of the Confederacy. Their...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The other night I listened to a South Carolina state legislator announce his support for pulling down the Confederate...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist There’s a lesson to be learned from the Confederate flag quickly and unexpectedly falling into disfavor following the murder...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “A house divided against itself cannot stand…I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not...
By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist On Wednesday, June 17, Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old White supremacist, massacred nine Black worshipers in the historic Emanuel...
By Robert McWhirter NNPA Guest Columnist The church shooting in Charleston, S.C. once again showed us the connection of guns and race. Statistics of inner city gun...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist My late mother’s favorite hymn was “Amazing Grace.” Her favorite version was sung by the great Mahalia Jackson. Oh,...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Each year the many forms and products of predatory lending drain at minimum hundreds of billions of dollars from the...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Now there are some ‘practical’ things we can do. We begin the process of building a greater economic base. And...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Has the pernicious fiction that there was something honorable about the Confederate rebellion–treason in the defense of slavery, as...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Though the keynote address was delivered 163 years ago in Rochester, N.Y. on the significance of the 4th...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Unwanted Photos of my Ex-Husband I recently decided to digitize my old photos and ran across a ton of family...
By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist On Wednesday, June 17, Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old White supremacist, massacred nine Black worshipers in the historic Emanuel African...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The savage act of racial terrorism at Emanuel A.M.E. Church – Mother Emanuel – in Charleston, S.C., has been...
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