By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist To the Campaign: I am writing as a concerned Sanders supporter. I am thrilled that the campaign has caught on as it has. Senator Sanders has raised many of the issues that need to be raised, which are generally ignored by the political establishment. He is correct […]
Reflections on Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Universally Speaking We Must Defend His Leadership with Actions – Part 2 Only sixty years removed from emancipation, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia to a “middle” class Black family. He was the son of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Dr. […]
U.S. Black Chamber Expands its Reach, Influence, and Voice in 2015
by Roger Caldwell NNPA News Wire Columnist Black business is growing and the Black community is not aware of its influence nationally and globally. Group economics and Black business is not discussed very often together in the Black community and this is the reason the Black community is suffering. According to 2015 Urban Institute report, […]
White Anger is the New Black
by Lee A. Daniels George Curry Media Columnist Have you heard? Apparently large numbers of American adults are “angry” about their own circumstances and about where they think the country is headed. For months, numerous politicians, pollsters, and pundits have touted this anger as an important factor in the line-up of who supports who in […]
Black Love and Unity: The New Normal
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Houston Forward Times If ever there was a time we needed to turn back the hands of time and return to a place where there was a strong sense of Black love and Black unity – that time is now. I remember growing […]
Reflections on Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Universally Speaking We Must Defend His Leadership with Actions – Part 1 As we continue to honor the birth of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and head into Black History Month, we must truly reflect on Dr. King’s life, sacrifices and leadership in the pursuit of freedom, justice and equality for all of humanity, […]
The African American State of the Union
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 […]
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 […]
African Americans and the ACA: Much Accomplished, More to Do
By Patricia Maryland NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist The passage of the Affordable Care Act promised to revolutionize the delivery of healthcare services in America—especially for historically disadvantaged communities who suffer high rates of chronic illness. The ACA has delivered on that promise, but work still remains to ensure all who need health care in […]
Where Will the Help Come From? Part 2
Universally Speaking Message to the Black Community “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” (Ben Franklin Quote – At the signing of the Declaration of Independence) If the American founders had not been united in their rebellion, England would have surely executed them one by one. However, because they remained […]
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