Spiritually Speaking…
James Washington NNPA Newswire Contributor How many of you have ever been too embarrassed to pray, too afraid or really just too ashamed? Maybe you were afraid, or perhaps just feeling a little guilty. Because […]
Commentary
Wordz of Wilson — Black Heroes
Chelle Wilson NNPA Newswire Contributor “The Need for Heroes” by Langston Hughes was featured in a 1941 issue of The Crisis. He was bothered by the overwhelmingly negative images of African-Americans in the news, movies, […]
To Be Equal
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO National Urban League “I have probable cause to believe that the defendants conspired with others known and unknown: (1) to bribe college entrance exam administrators to facilitate cheating […]
Let’s Clamp Down on Tobacco and Vaping Product Access for Young People
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Columnist Nearly half a million people die every year from complications from smoking. About a tenth of them never put a cigarette to their lips – they die from exposure […]
#OscarsSoWhite Beginning to Yield Much-Needed Change
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO National Urban League “When film and television privilege white stories over other stories, they reinforce a racial hierarchy that devalues people of color. Not only do dramatic racial […]
To Be Equal: Jussie Smollett Case Threatens to Distract from the Rising Tide of Hate Crimes
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO National Urban League “I’m left hanging my head and asking why. Why would anyone, especially an African American man use the symbolism of a noose to make false […]
Recognizing Our Black History, A Call to Join the Slave Revolt Reenactment
Leon A. Waters Chair of the Louisiana Museum of African-American History, and Manager of Hidden History Tours This January 12, 2019 marked the 208th Anniversary of Louisiana’s Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt and the restart of […]
Raise the Wage Act Is a Long-Overdue Dose of Economic Reality
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO National Urban League “In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me to be equally […]
Spiritually Speaking
By James A. Washington Data News Weekly Guest Columnist I believe there is a perception (right or wrong) in our faith that our suffering is an integral part of God’s plan to ready us for […]
Cash and King and Justice
By Vincent L. Hall, Texas Metro News NNPA Newswire Columnist You can run on for a long time…but sooner or later God will cut you down.– Johnny Cash The arc of the moral universe is […]