We need a new voting-rights movement
BY: PENIEL E. JOSEPH This time next year, be prepared for rousing speeches,…
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Ferguson, social justice, and the role of community colleges
BY: DAVID SMITH, Educational Consultant, Blogger, Peacebuilding Trainer As institutions…
Why more black Americans should run for elected office
BY: THEODORE R. JOHNSON III On Labor Day in Milwaukee, President Barack Obama gave a…
From ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ to ‘hands up, vote’
BY BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS, JR., NNPA Columnist Out of every momentous national tragedy that…
Migrant children: Innocent victims of the U.S. war on drugs
BY MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, NNPA Columnist Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the Los Angeles Area…
China dominated U.S.-Africa Summit
BY GEORGE E. CURRY, NNPA Columnist Although the continent of Africa has 54 countries, the…
Crist shares political priorities with community
BY ALLEN A. BUCHANAN, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — Front-running Democratic…
GOP’s reverse ‘Southern strategy’
BY RAYNARD JACKSON, NNPA Columnist Last week’s election results infuriated me and not…
Right wing media pretends racism doesn’t exist
BY GEORGE E. CURRY, NNPA Columnist A new posting by MediaMatters.org, the media watchdog…
Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
BY HILLEL ITALIE, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou, a modern Renaissance…
Why black men need more white women
BY RAYNARD JACKSON, NNPA Columnist Black women constantly complain about the dearth of…
6 Lesser-known facts about Brown v. Board of Education
If the landmark Supreme Court case were repurposed as a modern-day legal drama, here are…
The shrinking tent
By Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D. The Democratic Party is known as the party with the…
Supreme Court continues to limit Affirmative Action
BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX, NNPA Columnist The Roberts Supreme Court decided last week that…
Magic Johnson interested in forced LA Clippers sale
Magic Johnson is at the center of the racism scandal surrounding the LA Clippers owner…
Donald T. Sterling is no aberration
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling is no aberration. On an audio recording…
Race Relations & the St. Petersburg PD
Mount Zion Progressive Church, located at 20th St. S., was a hotbed of activity last…