Commentary

Derrick Johnson NAACP President and CEO History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and odd Negroes” originating from Angola arrived in the British colony of Jamestown, […]

Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor The US House of Representatives passed the Securing America’s Fair Elections (SAFE) Act in June by a nearly totally partisan vote of 225-184 in late June. Only one Republican voted […]

Jeff Thomas Publisher Think504.COM Not only is John Bel Edwards the only Democrat who holds a statewide office, but the Louisiana governor is the only Democratic governor of any Southern state. And currently, this rarest […]

Marc Morial President and CEO National Urban League NEW YORK – A few years after being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, for a body of work known for centering the Black American experience, Toni […]

Jay Conner Blogger Theroot.com With the encouragement of our President, America has gone to great lengths to paint minorities as criminals, parasites and in some instances, terrorists. But after the latest pair of mass shootings […]

Why is the Insurance Industry Pushing Repeal of Discrimination Protection? Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “As long as the color of a man’s skin determines his choice of housing, no investment […]

Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League   “I was taught that your job was to make this earth better. I hope my children will carry on. I hope I’ve taught them enough […]