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...
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...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The disclosure that Dylann Roof, the admitted killer of nine unarmed African Americans attending Bible study at Emanuel A.M.E....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist After a spirited debate, the South Carolina House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to remove the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist History is more than a cumulative knowledge of the facts of the past. For Black Americans and for...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist Racism is flaring its ugly head again on the island of Hispaniola, a Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will provide $32 million in relief to consumers who were caught in a maze of...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You must register. You must vote. You must learn, so your choice advances your interest and the interest of...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Without argument the sub-prime mortgage crisis was the most devastating economic attack against Black America in history. We saw...