Universally Speaking Black Leaders Must Come Together In spite of the conditions that we face (and there are many), Black Americans are the greatest people in modern history. Why? Because Black people have been through so much and continue to face threats directed only for them (the Black man is targeted). Yet, the black man […]
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How the Obama Presidency Exposed America’s Unchanged Ways
by Deric Muhammad Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Houston Forward Times “It’s been a looooooong; a long time coming, but I know, a change gon’ come.” -Sam Cooke (A Change Gonna Come; 1964) It was 1964, in the throes of the Civil Rights movement, when Sam Cooke released his classic anthem “A […]
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Blackonomics: The Silly Season is Upon Us
By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist The “Silly Season,” as many call it, is well under way; and Black people are up to our necks in it. The usual suspects are jockeying for position with certain presidential candidates. They are vying for the Black spokesperson positon, knocking one another down as they rush toward […]
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The Black community has a New Enemy – Part 1
Universally Speaking Black Leaders Must Come Together The Black community has a new enemy. It has a new fight requiring a new approach. We are not living in the pre-60s days where Blacks were legally and openly denied equal access into American society and it was clear the system was extremely oppressive and unfair to […]
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“Wisconsin no es Arizona”
‘Dia Sin Latinos’ a Powerful Demonstration for Human Rights by Amanda Zhang On Thursday of last week, Wisconsin was forced to imagine what a world without Latinos and immigrants would look like. Thousands of workers, estimated between 14,000 – 20,000 Latino workers, students, and allies gathered in front of the capitol to protest bills AB450/SB36 […]
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Blackonomics: Hillary and Bernie Discover and Re-Discover Black People
by James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist One thing is for sure; Black folks are enjoying this latest political mating dance with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Sanders is discovering Black people in South Carolina and Georgia, and Clinton has reopened the “leading Blacks” vault to rediscover their loyalty and willingness to present her to […]
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It’s About Functional Unity – It’s About Organizing – Part III
Universally Speaking Last week in Part II, I shared my basic premise regarding the Black leadership we require: • IF YOU’RE NOT DEMANDING THAT WE OVERCOME INDIVIDUALISM, TRIBALISM, AND A FALSE SENSE OF THINKING THAT “I” OR “MY” ORGANIZATION CAN SAVE MY PEOPLE AND THAT YOU’RE DOING ALL YOU CAN TO ORGANIZE AND UNITE OUR […]
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From the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement, Writers Who Changed the World
Black History Profiles by Brianna Rae Zora Neale Hurston A self-possessed woman with infinite curiosity, Zora Neale Hurston was a key figure in the literary movement of the Harlem Renaissance, but also in the fields of anthropology and folklore. Known for saying, “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It […]
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Why Do Politicians Treat Addiction Differently in the Suburbs?
by Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Nick Cocchi would like to be the sheriff of Hampden County, an Eastern Massachusetts county of half a million people. Springfield, Massachusetts, a city that is about 22 percent African American, is the county seat. Eastern Massachusetts (and indeed, much of New England) is experiencing the devastating fallout […]
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Black History Month and the Search for Planet X
by Lee A. Daniels George Curry Media Columnist I was catching up recently on my reading about the newest discoveries and speculations about the dinosaurs, and I thought about Black History Month. And then in late January, I read with fascination of the intensifying speculation about “Planet X” – a giant, Jupiter-sized planet, billions of […]
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