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Veteran Administration Health Care Services
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq.
(Trice Edney Wire) – "I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days,...
Marking A Big Loss
By William Spriggs
(Trice Edney Wire) - This week marked the loss of a powerful voice in Maya Angelou. Fortunately, many in the nation paused...
Discussing Violence
By Dr. Benjamin Johnson
Clinical Psychologist
I’d like to spend some time with you today on the subject of violence. Why are we so fascinated...
Child Watch: John Lewis To Youth – Get In ‘Necessary Trouble’
By Marian Wright Edelman
NNPA Columnist
Not every speaker tells a crowd of young leaders that their job is to get into trouble. But that’s part...
U.S. Has Always ‘Negotiated’ With Terrorists
I disagree with President Obama’s decision to trade five Taliban leaders being held at Guantanamo Bay for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, an apparent deserter who...
An Open Letter To Democratic Party Fundraisers
By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
NNPA Columnist
I am deeply concerned by the sorts of emails and hard-mail communications that I have been receiving from you folks....
Guns Down, Fist Up
By Sharon Nyree Williams
Founder of The Mahogany Project
I recently saw a shirt that said, “I love Guns & Coffee”. The man wearing the shirt...
CFPB Is Model of Fairness
If there was one key lesson from the recession it is that financial services need effective regulation. It took billions of lost wealth, largely...
Maya Angelou: A Freedom Fighter With A Pen
By Benjamin F. Chavis
NNPA Columnist
Millions of people throughout the world continue to pause, to remember, to celebrate and to recommit to the living spirit...
Great Divide Could Spur Populist Movement
(Trice Edney Wire) - Congress ended the month of May without renewing jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that were cut off at the...