Editorials

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 […]

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux If you tell me how you spend your money, I can tell you what your values are. You say you are a Christian but neither tithe nor have a church home. […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Known as “surprise medical billing,” these unexpected costs arise when a patient goes to a hospital for emergency or non-emergency care, only to find out afterwards that one of the medical providers […]

“Education is a precondition to survival in America today,” said Marian Wright Edelman. That belief in the value of education was rooted at the foundation of President Obama’s announcement during his second term in office […]

Dr. Julianne Malveaux By Julianne Malveaux Andrew Johnson, a high school wrestler, was forced to submit to the humiliating act of having his dreadlocks shorn or have his New Jersey team forfeit their match to […]

Controversial dean continues to generate negative press   By Dante Morrison Tallahassee—A last-minute round the clock effort to complete an accreditation report paid off in dividends for the Florida A&M University School of Journalism and Graphic […]