Commentary

Black American's never-ending challenge

Monday, 11 March 2013 15:45 Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist

Within a matter of days late last month, four controversies erupted that acutely underscore the crux of Black Americans continuing challenge in this land.

Isn't it time to repeal the war on drugs

Thursday, 07 March 2013 11:25 William Reed

Why do Black Americans allow the war on drugs unfair toll on people of color to continue? Instead of putting a stop to the racial disparities and arrests, prosecutions, imprisonments, and lack of rehabilitation programs, Blacks have unknowingly allowed the status quo to continue in their communities.

Still hanging: Reflections of the Washburn hate crime

Monday, 04 March 2013 15:33 K. Stanley Brooks, Ph.D., assistant professor of education, Bethel University, St. Paul

Do the lives of people of color have value in Minnesota or our country as a whole?

Turning the clock back on voting rights

Monday, 04 March 2013 15:29 Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist

Shelby County, Ala. is suing the Justice Department because they think that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (and its reauthorization in 1982 and 2006) is unfair. The facts: The small city of Calera redistricted its boundaries in a way that the sole African American councilman lost his seat. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act forced a new election with different boundaries, and Ernest Montgomery regained his seat.

Black History Month’s powerful question

Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:49 Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist

I have a rule about this month. If it’s February, I know that somebody somewhere has given an interview or written an article declaring America no longer needs Black History Month.

Guns, not the Klan, are the real threat

Tuesday, 26 February 2013 10:34 Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

February 18, 2013 — Chicago suffers unbearable levels of gun violence, yet the victims remain largely silent. They travel from funeral home to graveyard, rather than march from church to gun shop. The president is applauded when he calls for action on gun violence, but before his plane leaves the tarmac, more are shot, including even the sister of one of the young children standing behind him during his address.

The State of Equality and Justice in America: Let us not lose focus on the justice issues that still loom

Tuesday, 26 February 2013 10:16 Dr. Elsie L. Scott

"The State of Equality and Justice in America" is a 20-part series of columns written by an all-star list of contributors to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law."