By James Clingman NNPA Columnist There comes a time in the course of human events for persons who have been mistreated to dissolve the political...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist I believe customs generally fall into three categories: inexcusable, curious if a little questionable, and fascinating. Some customs – the...
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whether it is in an inner city neighborhood across America, the Caribbean, in Europe or in a sprawling mass...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The president’s budget released this week proposes billions in critical new federal investments for 2016 and beyond to improve...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Every setback has a major comeback. #GreaterIsComing.” – Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks Quarterback, via Twitter (@DangeRussWilson) Far be it...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist It doesn’t matter that I am just now writing about Super Bowl XLIX—the championship crowning professional football game that more...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Maybe it has always been like this. If so, I am not sure precisely what triggered my new concern....
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist In December, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments in the long- running patent war...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The racial differential in the poverty rate is staggering. Last time I checked, about 12 percent people in the United...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist For most of the last decade, James Robertson, a 56-year-old Detroiter, walked to work every day. Of course, anyone...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist An Unfair Request Dear Alma, I’m a single mother supporting my three children with no help from my ex-husband. I...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Activist/ SiriusXm satellite radio host Joe Madison was helping on a campaign to get the Four Tops a star...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The best way to celebrate Black History Month is to make more Black history. Black History Month is...
By Diane Nash NNPA Guest Columnist Joseph Califano’s statement that Selma was Lyndon B. Johnson’s idea is patently false. Although the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist How many times, especially during or just after a tragedy like the killing of Eric Garner, have you heard one...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist Nigeria, Africa’s so-called giant and the world’s biggest Black nation, is in the news again. And as usual, much of...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Nigeria has the largest Black population in the world – 178 million. Within that population are 300 differing ethnic...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist We need to see beyond petty insults. The fact that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) chose to invite Israeli...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist As the annual, month-long Black History observance begins, now is a timely moment to reflect on the journey that previous...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Diversity is basically a description of independence. Diversity is what moves the ball for me, and I thought ‘give...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Diversity is basically a description of independence. Diversity is what moves the ball for me, and I thought ‘give...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist It is a national moral disgrace that there are 14.7 million poor children and 6.5 million extremely poor children...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist It is a national moral disgrace that there are 14.7 million poor children and 6.5 million extremely poor children...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist A year ago, I went to see Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), who happens to be...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist If you read most of what was reported on the visit of 11 members of the Congressional Black Caucus...