Editorials

By Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chair of the House Financial Services Committee (FSC) – The shocking revelations from the last few days that Trump disparaged the military and intentionally downplayed the threat of the coronavirus […]

By Rosetta Miller Perry – The death last week of distinguished Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg gives President Donald Trump a chance to demonstrate that his continual rhetoric about how dedicated and devoted to justice […]

By Julianne Malveaux – I always smile when I see Black Lives Matter T-Shirts until I saw one gracing the grubby back of a white man who had on both a BLM T-Shirt and a […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout her cancer diagnosis and treatment, Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals, and that’s how she’ll be remembered, Obama expressed in a […]

by Marc Morial Maintaining the American public’s trust in the FDA is vital. If the agency’s credibility is lost because of real or perceived interference, people will not rely on the agency’s safety warnings. Erosion […]

by E.O. Hutchinson Robert Woodward certainly couldn’t have been shocked at Trump’s answer to his very loaded question. The question was whether he could understand any of the racial pain that African Americans feel. Trump […]

Written by Isheka N. Harrison – A recent op-ed in The Washington Post is telling the world to put some respect on the name “Black women” specifically. Written by columnist Donna F. Edwards and communications strategist Gwen […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is it possible the election will be up in the air and we won’t have a president on Inauguration Day: Jan. 20, 2021? Even if the election is messy and contested in […]

#NNPA BLACKPRESS –  NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Charlene Crowell, Senior Fellow with the Center for Responsible Lending“Racial residential segregation is a significant predictor of the magnitude of the Black-White disparity in fatal police shootings at the […]

By Robert Beard – I grew up, a white boy, in rural North Carolina. One evening in 1951 my family went to visit my Uncle George, but he wasn’t there. Uncle George was a substantial farmer […]