By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “Before I went to jail, I didn’t know about a lot of stuff, and, now that I’m aware, I’m paranoid....
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist Twenty must be the magic number. Twenty years ago – on June 5, 1995 – I set foot in Haiti...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist Twenty must be the magic number. Twenty years ago – on June 5, 1995 – I set foot in Haiti...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Recently, a writer from USA Today wanted to know if the National Black Chamber of Commerce receives money from...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist Last week, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, became the latest $100 million man in the NFL, joining a list...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s not too soon to ask a critical question of citizens of voting age who tend to vote...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist James Baldwin was a gifted author and freedom fighter who made a big difference with his pen in...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The indictment of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and the disclosure that he may have been sexually involved with...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The indictment of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and the disclosure that he may have been sexually involved with...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “In the Northern states, we are not slaves to individuals, not personal slaves, yet in many ways we are slaves...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “In the Northern states, we are not slaves to individuals, not personal slaves, yet in many ways we are slaves...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Three recent and separate enforcement actions involving federal and state agencies together prove how coordinated efforts against housing and credit...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Three recent and separate enforcement actions involving federal and state agencies together prove how coordinated efforts against housing and credit...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the context of the responses to the lynchings of African Americans by police and racist citizenry, greater and...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In his speech the night before his murder Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. repeated the Biblical parable of the...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist A couple of weeks ago, law enforcement officials in Mauritania arrested nine people for doing something the government considers radical:...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The Environmental Protection Agency is the “Air Police” for the federal government. It enforces regulations and rules that are...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Serena Jameka Williams is more than one of the greatest tennis players in the world. She comes from...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Serena Jameka Williams is more than one of the greatest tennis players in the world. She comes from...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I only recently embraced my status as an “elder.” Actually, I describe myself as an “episodic elder,” eager enough to...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I only recently embraced my status as an “elder.” Actually, I describe myself as an “episodic elder,” eager enough to...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Offhandedly, I can’t tell you the titles of most of the dances I saw Dudley Williams, the incomparable...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Offhandedly, I can’t tell you the titles of most of the dances I saw Dudley Williams, the incomparable...