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Countering voter suppression moves

October 7, 2014

By Julianne Malveaux The Supreme Court recently blocked an appeals court ruling that would have restored seven days of voting in Ohio.  In just three sentences, the court reduced voting access for tens of thousands of Ohioans, in yet another effort to suppress the vote.  In North Carolina, the appeals court granted an injunction to […]

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Jordan Davis’ killer to be jailed for life

October 7, 2014

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Justice for 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who was murdered by Michael Dunn in Jacksonville, Fla. on Nov. 23, 2012 in a dispute over loud music has not come without a struggle.  A jury in the Duval County Court recently found Michael Dunn guilty of first-degree murder in the tragic, […]

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A champion for equal justice for all – Attorney General Eric Holder bids farewell

October 7, 2014

By Marc H. Morial “Throughout his long career in public service, Eric has built a powerful legacy of making sure that equal justice under the law actually means something; that it applies to everybody – regardless of race, or gender, or religion, or color, creed, disability, sexual orientation.” President Barack Obama at last Saturday’s Congressional […]

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Eric Holder’s legacy: No coward on race

September 30, 2014

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist After being confirmed as the nation’s first African American U.S. attorney general, Eric H. Holder, Jr. wasted little time putting everyone on notice that he would not tip-toe around the volatile subject of race. “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things […]

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Power broke black leaders

September 30, 2014

By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand, it never did and never will.” I often wonder what Black people do not understand about that statement. We love to quote it, but when it comes to putting it into practice, we fall far short of the spirit of Douglass’ […]

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Violence against women and children is wrong — No tolerance, no excuses

September 30, 2014

By Marc H. Morial “I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.” —Adrian Peterson   The NFL may have inadvertently done us all a favor by shedding light on a problem that is too often ignored or swept under the […]

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NFL still dropping the ball

September 23, 2014

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has finally emerged from his self-imposed witness protection program, held a press conference, and even attended a football game Sunday. Now that Goodell has come out of hiding, it is not clear that the NFL is any closer to getting it right, as he keeps […]

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Talk is no substitute for action

September 23, 2014

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Columnist Have you ever seen a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taking part of a panel discussion? It’s likely he didn’t have time if he were asked. It’s also likely that in the 1950s and 1960s, he wasn’t asked much.  The period King conquered was a time of […]

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Silicon Valley must embrace diversity

September 23, 2014

By Marc H. Morial “The industry that bills itself a meritocracy actually looks more like a mirrortocracy.” — Mitch Kapor, co-chair of the Kapor Center for Social Impact   While the number of African American, Latino and women consumers of Internet and broadband products and services is rising, their numbers at the major Silicon Valley […]

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NFL domestic abusers get tap on wrist

September 16, 2014

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist The NFL – which has been referred to as everything from the National Felons League to, in the cases of players, Not For Long – has imposed a lifetime ban on Ray Rice yet rarely disciplines other brazen offenders. And when a team takes the rare action of disciplining […]

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