By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist On October 16, we will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. In the subsequent two...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Niece Didn’t Invite Me to Her Wedding Dear Alma, I have never been this shocked and pissed all at...
By Walter L. Fields NNPA Columnist When I first viewed the video of Walter Scott being gunned down by North Charleston, S.C. Police Officer Michael...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Feidin Santana, the young Dominican immigrant who videotaped North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael Slager firing his gun...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Two prominent Black Maryland officials – Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III...
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By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In the House and Senate budget proposals for fiscal year 2016, passed with only Republican votes at the end...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I first started interacting with Black business advocates of Missouri in the late 1980s when my wife, Kay, and...
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 “I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states…Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere....
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist It is ironic that April is Fair Housing Month and the U.S. Senate has yet to schedule a vote on...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist It is ironic that April is Fair Housing Month and the U.S. Senate has yet to schedule a vote on...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In 1991, I watched Somalia disintegrate. It was not just the breakup of a state, as we were to...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Without the video, North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael T. Slager would likely have gotten away with murder. Without the...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Despite ill-intended efforts to do it for us, Black Americans have a responsibility to define our own reality. It...
Confronting an Alcoholic Friend Dear Alma, I have a dear friend who is the sweetest, kindest person you could ever hope to know....
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Mass incarceration in the United States is counterproductive and disproportionately causes a long-term injury to Black Americans and...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Having seen how Black people are mistreated in country, not only historically but presently, I thought about that gloriously perfect...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist After 19 years, most of them as a satisfied customer, I am closing my personal checking account this week...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Many children and families eagerly look forward to the end of the school year and the carefree days of...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Many children and families eagerly look forward to the end of the school year and the carefree days of...
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 “The hardest work in the world is being out of work.” – Whitney M. Young, National Urban League President 1961-1971...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Anyone who has followed my columns knows that about this time of the year I normally write something about...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Anyone who has followed my columns knows that about this time of the year I normally write something about...