Editorials

POST NEWS GROUP By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. — Sanders has the history, the vision and the platform to defeat Trump. He is best situated to expose Trump’s fake populism. He voted against the […]

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association — Protecting the environment should be about protecting people, regardless of the color of their skin, ethnicity or race, or where they […]

By Clarence McKee- Congratulations to Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. After being excoriated by Democrats and the media for being cautious and not ordering draconian state-wide lockdowns as have many other state Democratic governors, he […]

by Jesse Jackson Across the United States and across the world, prisoners are among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus. Overcrowded facilities, shortages of food and medicine, and totally inadequate testing expose prisoners who are […]

Dr. Julianne Malveaux By Julianne Malveaux The coronavirus has upended our way of life, especially in urban America, where social distancing has replaced the laughter of children playing on the street, the excitement of preparing […]

Disappointingly, the Fourth Judicial Circuit has never elected a black female to a judicial seat and we currently only have one appointed black female judge out of 55 local judges. First, we need to acknowledge […]

By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor  – The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) estimated that as many as 95% Black-owned businesses stood no chance of securing a program loan. Other communities of color were similarly […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE By Alexis M. Herman, President of the Dorothy I. Height FoundationDuring the early Civil Rights Movement when women worked behind the scenes, Dorothy Height’s quiet power brought wisdom and a social worker’s perspective […]

Houston Forward Editorial Board – The black community is being hit hard by COVID-19. In neighborhood after neighborhood across the country, the virus is claiming the lives of African-American educators, activists, bus drivers, grocery store workers, police officers, preachers, politicians and pioneers . […]