Editorials

by Dr. Julianne Malveau Restaurants, museums, libraries, gyms, and bars are closed.  So are schools, from K-12 to higher education.  Classes will be conducted online or not at all.  A local vendor told me her receipts were down […]

by Marc Morial “Far too many African Americans still struggle to lead healthy and economically secure lives. This is due to the long-standing effects of racism, which touches all African Americans, regardless of socioeconomic status. […]

by David A. Love As the new coronavirus aka COVID-19 makes its way around the planet and the United States with global infections over 100,000 and current death toll upwards 3800, health officials and politicians statewide […]

by the Crusader March is Women’s History Month, as its been previously noted. Women have been identified a number of African American women who have contributed positively to world history. Some were known, and others […]

The last time the census happened in 2010, I was a 16-year-old high school student and I made sure that we definitely did a better job of filling out the census that year. I remember […]

Melanin is not Vibranium and America isn’t Wakanda even in the Marvel Universe, so why some black people, who are often disproportionately impacted by medical conditions for a myriad of reasons, believe they are immune […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — For far too long as a country, we have lived in denial regarding the ever-present threat of pandemics. Trump was not alone in that self-deception. Scientists have warned us that these dangers […]

Our conversation with the Vice President by Gayle Andrews When Vice President Joe Biden launched his campaign for President, he made it clear that African Americans would play prominently in his appeal for support of […]

    MARCH 14, 2020 There’s a fatal history behind the claim that African Americans are more resistant to diseases like Covid-19 or yellow fever. Last two days alone, two African-American NBA basketball players have […]

by Reggie Fullwood Throughout my life I have had strong women raising, supporting and inspiring me – we all have. From Mom and Grandma to great schoolteachers, physicians, publishers and CEOs, women make the world […]