By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson recently filed for bankruptcy and testified in court that despite his flashy public...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In everyday life, birthdays and anniversaries of many sorts are observed and celebrated. When it comes to consumer finance, there...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist During the last seven years we’ve seen our nation go from an economically challenged state of affairs to one...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Donald Trump, the blowhard mogul masquerading as presidential candidate, has once again discovered the problem with trying to be...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Donald Trump, the blowhard mogul masquerading as presidential candidate, has once again discovered the problem with trying to be...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Some people are now saying what was really obvious to me before President Barack H. Obama was re-elected...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist A Niece with Sticky Fingers Dear Alma, About six months ago, my sister moved back to our hometown with her...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist “That’s what strikes me. There for the grace of God.” That was President Obama’s reaction when he became the...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Jerry Alan Bailey was sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist There is no question that the criminal justice system is broken. President Obama made that clear recently in his...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The recent spotlight on systematic racial profiling and police brutality against Black boys and men has exposed a painful...
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 Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Watching Donald Trump being interviewed this past week was – for the few moments that I could take it...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Up from a past that’s rooted in pain / I rise / I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Car lending is on the rise, and rising with it is a hidden, unfair, abusive and discriminatory practice: car dealer...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Car lending is on the rise, and rising with it is a hidden, unfair, abusive and discriminatory practice: car dealer...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist This seems like an odd question. Capital access is the lifeblood of business growth and job creation. Thus, all...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist This seems like an odd question. Capital access is the lifeblood of business growth and job creation. Thus, all...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whenever the president of the United States speaks to a national convention of the National Association for the...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Although he forged a distinguished career as a 10-term Republican Congressman from the early 1950s to the early 1970s,...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Trying to Help Mom Dear Alma, My dad left my mom for another woman. My mother is so sad and I...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Trying to Help Mom Dear Alma, My dad left my mom for another woman. My mother is so sad and I...
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The confederate flag finally came down in Charleston, S.C. The flag celebrated the sedition, slavery and succession...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The debate in connection with the flags of the former Confederate States of America (CSA) has unleashed a badly...