Opinion

By Ron Rice, Senior Director, Government Relations at the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Ron Rice Jr. is a former two term Newark, NJ city councilman, chief advisor to the New Jersey Department of […]

By Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson On June 19, 1865, Texan slaves found out they were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, two and a half years after it was issued by President […]

By Reggie McKenzie The Original Hot Dog Factory announced that they are currently offering franchise opportunities to qualified candidates in the U.S., effective today. Qualified applicants who are awarded the opportunity to own and operate […]

By Earl Hutchinson political analyst Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered more than a half century ago in Memphis. Then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover has been dead almost a half century. Yet, one […]

By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor If you’re like me, every time you hear a news reporter or anchor talk about how great the nation’s economy is, you wonder what world they are living in. […]

By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Contributor If there had been any question about Russian interference in the 2016 election, that is now a settled matter in light of the Mueller Report. Whether that interference […]

By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor America’s 1.29 million member-strong, all-volunteer military includes men and women from all 50 states, according to the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations. Regardless of race or ethnicity, each made […]

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire The 116th Congress, sworn in on January 3, is the most diverse our nation has ever seen. There are more women – 102 – than ever before. More members of […]

SOURCE: BlackChristiannews.com “Inescapable.” “It’s a constant stressor.” “I see no way out.” What do professors, real estate agents, farmers, business executives, computer programmers, and store clerks have in common? They’re not immune to the harsh […]

By Julianne Malveaux, author and economist A cursory look at the win-loss column after last week’s mid-term elections suggests that nobody left the table empty-handed. Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives, Republican’s expanded […]