Ian Walters and Matt Schlapp Should Be Fired Over Steele Comments at CPAC By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I stopped attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), because it reminded me of “The Flintstones” and “The Jetsons”; Blacks were noticeably missing from both cartoons. There were no Blacks in the past (The Flintstones) and […]
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Stronger Gun Laws Is Not the Answer
We Don’t Need Stronger Gun Laws. We Need Stronger Communities. By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Here we go again. Another school massacre and another overreaction by liberals who want to play politics with the Second Amendment. On Valentine’s Day, 17 students were murdered by a former classmate at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in […]
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Black Leaders Need to Stand Up for Black People
Why Do Blacks Allow the Mainstream Media to Choose their Leaders? By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I am fond of saying, “weak people take strong positions on weak issues.” There is no better example of this than the embarrassing behavior of the weak Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the National Association for the Advancement of […]
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Despite the GOP’s Epic Failure to Reach Black Voters, I’m Still Voting for Donald Trump in November
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Newswire Columnist What the hell is going on with Blacks in this Republican Party? My phone has been ringing off the hook since last week with people from across the country asking me to explain the unexplainable. Memo to my readers: I DON’T WORK FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. But, it seems […]
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It’s Time for Blacks to Diversify Their Voting Portfolios
By Raynard Jackson NNPA News Wire Columnist Blacks gave Obama 96 percent of their votes in 2008 and 94 percent of their votes in 2012. We, by far, are the most loyal voting block for Obama in the entire U.S. According to the Pew Research Center, for the 2012 presidential election, turnout by race was: […]
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This is Why Republicans Continue to Lose the Black Vote
by Raynard Jackson NNPA News Wire Columnist Those who have followed my writings know that I have been and will continue to be very critical of my Republican Party over the lack of real engagement with the Black community. I am now beginning to question whether there is room for Blacks in this Republican Party. […]