By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Now that the confederate flag has been taken down, complete with honor guard and pomp and circumstance, what are Black...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Incidents over just the past two months have taken Black folks on the psychological ride of our lives. The White...
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 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 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 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 James Clingman NNPA Columnist For the past 50 years, most of our conversations and efforts have been centered on politics. Reminiscent of the Reconstruction...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There are many different manifestations of racism in America and throughout the world. But there is not a...
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...
By Ron Busby, Sr. NNPA Columnist According to a Nielsen consumer report, African Americans are voracious consumers of media, watching 37 percent more television than any other...
By Claud Anderson NNPA Guest Columnist The lack of respect for a Black man’s life, rights and contributions became infused into the nation’s national spirit...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Where do I begin to tell the story of our trade mission to the beautiful nation of Colombia? It...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The protest slogans addressing our latest struggle for justice and equity compel me to come up with a new...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist During the 50-year period from 1963 (“I have a dream!”) to 2013, Black people have been on a virtual...
Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Capital Savings Bank opened shop in Washington in 1888, making it the nation’s first black-owned bank at...
Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Capital Savings Bank opened shop in Washington in 1888, making it the nation’s first black-owned bank at...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist “New York, New York Big City of Dreams but Everything in New York is Not Always What It Seems You...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday should have a different impact on the collective consciousness of...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist What now? What a raucous, topsy-turvy, heart-wrenching, angry year we experienced in 2014. We had everything from the sadness of...