By Farangis Abdurazokzoda  WASHINGTON — U.S. foreign aid is becoming increasingly outdated, analysts are suggesting.Rather, reforms to U.S. assistance need to focus on issues of accountability and country ownership, according to a policy paper released this week by Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN), a prominent coalition of international development advocates and foreign policy experts.“Aid should […]

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) —With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis and Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson looking on, President Barack Obama on Thursday credited the Civil Rights Movement and landmark legislation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s for paving the way for his becoming the […]

By Charles Moseley, Special to the NNPA from The Westside Gazette FORT LAUDERDALE (NNPA) — Carlton B. Moore spent most of his life speaking truth to power in an effort to insure that those in need would not be ignored by those in authority.There’s an old adage that states, “Leaders are born, and not made.” If […]

By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent  WASHINGTON (NNPA) — If anyone thought the election of Barack Obama, or the rise of the multi-racial Millennial generation, marked the beginning of a post-racial America, a campaign spreading across college campuses has news for you.It began with I, Too Am Harvard, a theatrical performance by the Kuumba Singers of […]

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —Civil rights groups, labor organizer and their allies are stepping up  pressure on Congress to pass legislation raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016.During a press conference on Capitol Hill last week, Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said […]

By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON (IPS) — In a decision with major implications for the U.S. political system, a bare majority of the Supreme Wednesday ruled that the government cannot limit total spending by individuals on federal elections.The highly anticipated judgment, rendered by the Court’s five right-wing justices, declared unconstitutional the legal cap on aggregate contributions […]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. The Bible’s injunction that we shall be judged by how we have treated the “least of these”  (Mathew 25:40) appears in different forms in virtually every religion or faith.   And surely the measure of a country is how it treats the most vulnerable of its people – children in the […]

By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (IPS) — Pharmaceutical companies have overwhelmingly agreed to new U.S. government guidelines aimed at decreasing the use of antibiotics in the raising of livestock, new data shows.In December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the federal government’s main regulator for these sectors, unveiled a new, voluntary program to reduce […]

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even before they typically learn to read, Black preschoolers – some as young as 4 years old – are taught a disgusting lesson: They are three times more likely to be suspended from school than their White classmates,  according to a recent study by the civil rights division of the U.S. Department […]

By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — After a long day of traveling, then networking on Capitol Hill, Nathaniel and Cleopatra Pendleton returned to their downtown Washington, D.C. hotel and dressed for a dinner in their honor. Later that evening, they shook hands and smiled for photographs as they accepted the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker […]