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Ebola: A long and ugly tradition of treating Africans as savages

October 28, 2014

By Lekan Oguntoyinbo Of the nearly 10,000 people who have been infected by the Ebola virus, fewer than 20 have been outside of the African continent. But you wouldn’t know it from much of the alarm that’s being raised in some European news outlets and by the outrage of some American politicians who can’t understand […]

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U.S. trails more than 100 countries in voter turnout

October 21, 2014

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist Lost in the frenzy to erect barriers to voting, including reducing the hours available for early voting and imposing strict voter ID requirements, is the embarrassing fact that the United States lags behind more than 100 countries in the percentage of registered voters who show up on Election Day. […]

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The Christmas Creep

October 21, 2014

By Julianne Malveaux Did you notice that some stores are already touting Christmas sales?  They are encouraging people to start buying for Christmas now.  We’ve been experiencing this “Christmas creep” for years. Some of us are reluctant to call it “Christmas Creep” because there is no Christ or Christianity in the profligate spending that accompanies […]

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The rise and fall of Voter ID laws

October 21, 2014

By Marc H. Morial “The Court holds that SB 14 creates an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote, has an impermissible discriminatory effect against Hispanics and African-Americans, and was imposed with an unconstitutional discriminatory purpose.  The Court further holds that SB 14 constitutes an unconstitutional poll tax.”   — U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales […]

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Good news for children when Congress works together

October 21, 2014

By Marian Wright Edelman While we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share. Continuing a long tradition of bipartisan leadership on behalf of abused and neglected children, last month both the House and the Senate passed and the president signed into law the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families […]

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Republicans still earn ‘F’ on civil rights

October 14, 2014

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist   The Leadership Conference of Civil Rights (LCCR), a coalition of more than 200 human rights groups, has issued a new congressional report card that reaches the same conclusion that similar analyses by the NAACP has reached in recent years: When it comes to issues important to the civil […]

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Ebola knows no borders

October 14, 2014

By Julianne Malveaux When it comes to matters of trade and economics, experts are eager to speak of “globalization. People are keen to talk about the dissolution of borders and the many ways that countries work together across the globe. At least part of every Apple computer purchased  in the U.S. was manufactured or assembled […]

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The Justice Department after Holder

October 7, 2014

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. hasn’t left the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building yet, but civil rights activists are worried about whether a strong advocate in Holder’s mold will succeed him. Holder recently submitted his resignation after nearly six years on the job, making him the […]

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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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