By Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist July 17, 2015 Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist “You must register. You must vote. You must learn, so your choice advances your interest and the interest of our beloved Nation. Your future, and your children’s future, depend upon it, and I don’t believe that you are […]
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Blacks Need to Join the Discussion on the Economy
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist July 17, 2015 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A polling of Black America about the current “recovery” of the economy of the United States would produce a […]
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President Obama is on a Winning Streak
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., NNPA Columnist July 10, 2015 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., NNPA Columnist The presidency is a bit like a baseball season. Players go through streaks and slumps, good days and bad days. Teams rack up wins and losses. It is only over the course of the long season […]
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Church Burnings Should Ignite More Protests
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist July 10, 2015 Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist It’s possible that lightening may have caused one of the fires. Another may be the result of faulty electricity. Still, in the past couple of weeks, there were fires at churches in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio and […]
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Challenging Economic Racism in America: Part II
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist July 10, 2015 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist This article is a contuation from Attacking Economic Racism. There are many different manifestations of racism in America and throughout the world. But there is not a more insidious form of racism in the United […]
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None But Jesus Heard Me: Justifying Victimhood and the Politics of Respectability
By Amber Walker July 10, 2015 Amber Walker “The subtext [of respectability politics] that exists is if this person had just been “good,” “deserving” or “respectable,” they would be worth our country’s collective sympathy and support.” Tulsa. Montgomery. Selma. Charleston. These cities, seared in our country’s collective consciousness, serve as […]
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Whites Don’t Have to be Black to Lead an NAACP Chapter
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent July 3, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – If Rachel Dolezal had looked around, she would have discovered that a White person does not have to pretend to be Black in order to lead an NAACP chapter. In fact, she would have to look no farther than […]
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The Black Community is at a Crossroads: Part 3
By Rahim Islam July 3, 2015 Rahim Islam As I’ve tried to articulate in parts one and two of this article, the Black community is at a serious and unprecedented crossroads in our history in America and IF we want to change the negative trajectory that is currently in place for hundreds of thousands of […]
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Attacking Economic Racism
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist July 3, 2015 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist Despite ill-intended efforts to do it for us, Black Americans have a responsibility to define our own reality. It is a fundamental human right recognized and respected by the United Nations. Despite ill-intended efforts […]
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Emanuel AME and the Buoyancy of Hope
By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist June 26, 2015 Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist Rev. Clementa Pinckney and his fellow congregants of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. gathered as usual in the historic edifice June 17 for their Wednesday evening prayer service. They came, as always, to refresh […]
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