Editorials

by Reggie Fullwood “You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him,” said Booker T. Washington. The U.S. justice system has held so many blacks down through improper arrests and convictions; and still […]

By George E. Curry As the University of Alabama football team prepares to line up against Clemson University Jan. 11 in Glendale, Ariz. to decide the national collegiate championship, it’s worth noting that the Crimson […]

by Harry Alford First let me make a recommendation. You all should see the current movie “Concussion.” Actor Will Smith will probably get an Oscar for his role. He plays Dr. Bennet Omalu who links […]

OK, to say that 2015 flew by would be very cliche’ right? But it would be so true. As the year comes to an end, the holidays just didn’t seem quite the same – especially […]

by Reggie Fullwood Let the war mongering begin. With the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, and now San Bernardino, CA, Homeland Security and the nation as a whole is on high alert. And rightly so, […]

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist When you are considered by millions of people across the nation and throughout the world community to be the “Leader of the Free World,” that is […]

By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Recollections of my 1995 article on the business of college athletics danced in my head when I heard the news about the University of Missouri football team’s refusal to play […]

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux Politicians and would-be politicians running for president can’t have it both ways: They can’t filibuster while refusing to answer direct questions during televised debates and then complain about not having enough […]

By George Curry Award-winning film director Quentin Tarantino gets high props for stepping up to tell some truth about the many murders of African Americans at the hands of misbehaving police officers. How, after all, […]

By Julianne Malveaux In contrast to the more entertaining Republican presidential candidate debates, the first Democratic presidential candidate debate was more absorbing. We heard from grownups that refrained from personal attacks and offered solid information […]