Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist While millions of people across the United States and throughout the world will continue to affirm, discuss, or respond in various ways to the last State of Union by America’s first President of the United States who is an African American, there are still priority issues that […]
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The Global Genius of President Barack H. Obama
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist When you are considered by millions of people across the nation and throughout the world community to be the “Leader of the Free World,” that is an awesome and serious international responsibility. Do you remember when President Obama was first elected eight years ago? There were […]
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The Transformative Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 2016
by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist There is no debate concerning the irrefutable fact that The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the greatest leaders recognized, admired and affirmed by millions of people across America and throughout the world. King’s activism and leadership changed America and the world, as […]
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Strategic Power of the Black Press in 2016
by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist For over 45 million African Americans there are multiple priorities that need to be addressed in order to ensure that the socioeconomic and political interests of our families and communities are accurately articulated and fulfilled. We live in a multimedia world. Too often, however, we are […]
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Climate Change and Black America
by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist Why are millions of Black American youth and elders suffering disproportionately from asthma and other respiratory illnesses much more than the national norm? Why is the overall public health status of Black Americans at a higher risk than other Americans? What do public environmental and climate […]
ObamaCare Improves Health of Black America
by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black Americans continue to face serious disparities in education, employment, and in economic development. While over 45 million Black Americans have made some type of progress during the past seven years of the Obama Administration, there is still much more to be done to end the vast racial […]
Lilly Endowment Funds Black Minds Matter
by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is an old African proverb that says: “Where you put your wealth signifies where and how your life’s priorities are ordered.” Such is the case when one views where and how corporate America invests its wealth beyond the boardroom and the stock market. There are some companies, […]
“Taste of Soul” Family Festival in Los Angeles Is a Model for the Nation
by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black America needs more good news and positive news. Too often headlines in American media have the proclivity to focus only on the negative when it comes to the life-experience of Black Americans and other people of color communities. Bakewell Media recently hosted the 10th Annual Taste […]
Why We Must Fight for Environmental Justice for People of Color in 2016
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The Civil Rights Movement in the United States identified a long list of issues that were broadly considered the historical and contemporary evidence of systematic racial discrimination and injustice. With the 2016 presidential election rapidly approaching, the critical importance of environmental justice for Black Americans, Latino Americans, Native […]
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Black and Latinos Working Together
by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist If there was ever a propitious time for African Americans and Latino Americans to unite to advance the cause of freedom, justice, equality and economic empowerment, it is now. Today, more than ever, the rapidly changing national demographics and the potential political and economic power as a direct […]