Editorials

By Linda Lee Tarver – If you’ve seen the videos circulating of Joe Biden on the Senate floor in 1993 arguing for the crime bill he shepherded, you may have been caught off guard by the passion […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my primary interest is the economic part of the system—the creation and growth of Black-owned business enterprises. You’d think that such an effort would […]

by Reggie Fullwood In the 1960s Malcolm X was considered the more militant counterpart to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But if you evaluate many of his words today, some would argue that he was […]

by Derrick Johnson An astonishing amount has happened in the weeks since the slow-motion execution of George Floyd. In every state and around the world, people of all colors, genders, and ages have joined together […]

By Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, National President, Association for the Study of African American Life and History – If Frederick Douglass could see the controversy over the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. today, […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “One would hope that the president of the United States would rise to the level of leadership that our country needs in confronting the deadly uptick in coronavirus cases in America,” said […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Daniel Jay Cameron is the 51st Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Kentucky – Recent protests in communities across the country, including in my home city of Louisville, suggest that many see the […]

 by Fed Ingram / President, Florida Education Association – What should you say to the people in your life during the disturbing times of this pandemic? What do you say when you are angry and frustrated […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor — For the last 400 years in America, Black people have been considered to be a second-class citizen because of the color of their skin. Many White […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW – It is shocking that in 2020, mothers in African American and minority communities still have to worry about the safety of their sons and daughters when simply […]