Commentary

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]