Why the Black vote isn’t enough for Obama
Friday, May 2nd, 2008by Cash Michaels - Special to the NNPA from The Amsterdam News
(NNPA) — White working-class Democrats in Pennsylvania sent an unmistakable message to Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama April 22.
“We don’t trust you.”
The question now is: Will Obama get the same response from working-class Democrats in North Carolina and the rest of the remaining […]
Posted in Columnist | No Comments »>Still trailing Obama in the delegate count, Clinton narrowly wins Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by Hazel Trice Edney - NNPA Editor in Chief
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After more than a month of anticipation, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton has narrowly won the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary over U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, who still leads in the number of pledged delegates.
U.S Sen. Hillary Clinton narrowly beat U.S. Sen. Barack Obama in the […]
Shame, shame, shame on Wisconsin schools
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by Gail Moore
I grew up in Wisconsin knowing there would always be a differences in how my life as a Black child coming of age in Milwaukee would differ from a White child’s experience, and the latest student achievement tests scores are a reminder that the educational difference, the gap between Black and White student […]
Posted in Columnist | 2 Comments »>The dropout crisis
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by Marc H Morial
By Marc H. Morial
”Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.” — Mary McLeod Bethune 1875-1955.
I participated in a conference organized by General Colin Powell in Washington, D.C. earlier this month and learned that every 26 seconds, one American high school student drops out of […]
Hillary Clinton is ‘Majoring in the Minor’
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by George E. Curry
With only nine remaining contests and no mathematical chance of overtaking the front-runner, Hillary Clinton continues to, as Jesse Jackson puts it, major in the minor. In other words, instead of addressing the big picture, she is engaged in insignificant side shows.
Clinton’s most notable example of this is her attempt to depict […]
‘Acting Black’ - A factor in achievement gap?
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by Nisa Islam Muhammad - Special to the NNPA from The Final Call
(NNPA) — For too many Black students going to high school means fitting a stereotype of what it means to be “Black” developed by images in music, movies and media. It means “acting Black” to fit in a peer group or in […]
The arrogance of power and the ignorance of weakness
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by James Clingman
As I wrote in my “Letter to White Folks,” this country is being destroyed by greedy, conniving, arrogant people. Our political leaders have taken this country to the edge of economic meltdown and political chaos with their lies and deceit. I often wonder if they think they will ever die and have to […]
Join the GrandRally and help grandparents and other relatives raising children
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by Marian Wright Edelman
What happens to the children of a single mother who becomes so disabled by mental illness or substance abuse that she can’t take care of them? Or to the children of a parent who gets killed in a car accident? Who takes care of the children when both parents are called up […]
Posted in Columnist | No Comments »>Obama campaign trips up on debate
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by Ron Walters
The understandable outrage - which I share - has been vented by many people at ABC News’ handling of the recent debate between presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But there is another side to this.
George Stephanopolous could have been depended upon to raise racial questions because in an off-camera comment when […]
A giant for Black business moves on
Thursday, April 24th, 2008by Harry C. Alford
For the most part with Presidential Cabinet Secretaries, they come and they go. Most do little to further the progress of diversity in the procurement arenas. Some will actually think that it is their duty to resist it. Building minority business, in particular, Black business, enhances employment and strengthens our communities.
All of […]