Opinion – Page 3 – Voice and Viewpoint

How ‘Black Panther’ drove me to discover my African ancestry

Feb 20, 2018

By Niki McGloster I’ve always identified jokingly as “regular Black.” Though I’ve been surrounded by Black people from all ranges and richness of cultures—African, West Indian, Asian, etc.—I had not bothered...

Readers are Leaders: Buy Your Children More Books

Feb 20, 2018

Opinion

By Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Public Awareness Campaign) We are our children’s first teachers, and what we teach them makes a difference. According to research by Betty Hart of the Unive...

OPINION: This Black History Month, Let’s Take Back the Fight for Education Equality

Feb 19, 2018

Opinion

By Kay Coles James (President, The Heritage Foundation) Frederick Douglass. Condoleezza Rice. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clarence Thomas. Ida B. Wells. Shirley Chisholm. All of these leaders will receive renew...

OPINION: Black Women Show the Way Forward in 2018

Feb 5, 2018

Opinion

By Monica Simpson (Executive Director, SisterSong) There is a reckoning afoot in this country. On one side, Trump has emboldened and embodied a virulent and reckless hate that targets women, Black people, an...

OPINION: Stop Waiting for Republicans to Dump Trump. They Won’t.

Jan 29, 2018

Opinion

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) After every Trump outrage, we go through a similar routine. Trump says or does something that most sane people believe to be over the top; he is roundly condem...