Commentary

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 […]

Andreanecia Morris Housing NOLA, Executive Director On Thursday, January 10, 2019, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to direct the City Planning Commission (CPC) to draft changes that would revise the current short-term rental […]

By Charlene Crowell “Little children in this other America are forced to grow up with clouds of inferiority forming every day in their little mental skies. As we look at this other America, we see […]

By Roger Caldwell  NNPA Newswire Columnist   In 2018, many Black people in America believe that it is not important or relevant to consider them Black. They see their race as human, and they have […]

By Bill Fletcher, Jr.   In the last two months we have had two devastating hurricanes along with two devastating reports regarding climate change. If anyone wants to further deny the reality of climate change they […]

By Julianne Malveaux Now that the midterm elections are over, and Democrats are savoring their victory, more than a dozen Democrats say they are considering running for President in 2020. The Democratic Party needs to […]

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. It became very clear to anyone who was watching that in the lead up to the November 6th elections, Trump and his allies focused on two things: putting their hands on […]