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More Than 40 Million Households Pay More Than 30 Percent For Housing
Each year the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University assesses the nation’s housing outlook. The just-released The State of the Nation’s Housing in 2013 acknowledges...
Can Congress Redeem Itself?
By William E. Spriggs
In the latest polls for May and June, Congress' approval rating is a mere 14 percent. This reflects a clear dissatisfaction with...
Restoring And Sustaining The Legacy Of The National Conference Of Black Mayors
By Mayor Kevin Johnson
Sacramento, CA
In May 2013, I was honored to be elected as President of the National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM), an...
Race And The Supreme Court
In its latest affirmative action ruling, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court, ruled the same way it had in...
‘I Recall Having To Pay A Poll Tax’
By U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
With its ruling on the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has taken the country back to a time...
NBA: What Happens To The Undrafted?
In 2011, 17,500 college basketball players were registered with the National Collegiate Athletic Association. That year, 48 college players were drafted by NBA...
Reality Check – Sean Hannity’s Black Conservatives
By A. Peter Bailey
(Trice Edney Wire)-As anyone who regularly reads this column knows, I have absolutely no regard for Sean Hannity, the obnoxious, right-wing...
There Is Strong Statistical Evidence That Politics Is Resegregating
By David A. Bositis, Ph.D.
(Trice Edney Wire) - There are demographic changes occurring in the United States that will change politics and public policy...
BUSINESS EXCHANGE: No ‘Homeboy’ African Trip For Obama
By William Reed
NNPA Columnist
President Obama and the first lady’s trip to sub-Saharan Africa, scheduled for June 26-July 3, will included South Africa, the West...
A Maximum Effort Needs To Be Made For The Minimum Wage
It seems that the term “poverty” has been sidelined from our national discourse, even though 15 percent of all Americans, and 26 percent of...