Looking Beyond the Election

'Let’s face it; we blew it, y’all. Now let’s see if we learned anything.'

2012-11-06

James Clingman NNPA Columnist

Over the past year or so, I have been wondering how Black folks would react to the election outcome. Two questions kept coming to mind:  What will we do if Obama wins?  What will we do if Romney wins?  Let’s make it personal: What will you do? Read the complete article

Obama’s Media Coverage Half as Positive as 2008

Mitt Romney received more favorable treatment from the media than Arizona Republican Senator John McCain did four years ago

2012-11-06

George E. Curry NNPA Columnist

Barack Obama campaigned for president four years ago on a theme of change. Now, four years later, he has seen change in the way the media has covered him – change for the worse. That’s a major finding of an exhaustive study by the Pew Research Center titled, “Winning the Media Campaign 2012.” Read the complete article

Analysis: Hacking The Vote. Why Internet Systems Remain Unsecure

Prediction: Ten years until we vote online

2012-11-04

Dave Schechter CNN Senior National Editor

Why, in the second decade of the 21st century, can't we vote online for president. Read the complete article

Proud of Obama? No Question. But Black Folk Won't Vote for Just Any Black Candidate

White pundits miss the point on Powell's endorsement

2012-10-31

By Malik Bell

What White folks deny is their own tendencies to vote on racial lines. Read the complete article

Do You Want Yak Dung With Your Noodles?

A Portlander in Tibet

2012-10-31

By Jeff Tryens

The highlight of Jeff Tryens visit to China was seeing how the Tibetan people live, eat and travel Read the complete article

Medicare Part D is Working, and Working Well

Seniors are happy with the program as it is

2012-10-30

By Kathy Hahn, Pharm.D.

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How the Alcohol Industry Targets Black Youth

Substance abuse and violence are linked

2012-10-29

By William Covington Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly

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President Obama Could Lose Popular Vote and Still be Re-Elected

Obama has the edge in the electoral college

2012-10-29

By George Curry

Even if President Obama loses the popular vote on Nov. 6, as some national polls are projecting, he could still get re-elected by winning in the Electoral College, where he currently holds an edge over Republican challenger Mitt Romney Read the complete article

Foreclosures Cost Communities of Color $1 Trillion in Home Equity

Communities of color bear more than half the nation’s cost burden

2012-10-26

Charlene Crowell Center for Responsible Lending

Earlier this year the U.S. Census Bureau found that African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans together lost nearly 60 percent of median household net worth from 2005-2010 Read the complete article

Romney Continues Campaign of Lies

'Medicare money isn’t being taken away. The Affordable Care Act calls for a $716 billion reduction in the growth of Medicare spending over 10 years'

2012-10-23

George E. Curry NNPA Columnist

As we have seen during three presidential debates and in his campaign speeches, Mitt Romney will say anything – even when he knows it is untrue – in his effort to dislodge President Obama from the White House. Read the complete article

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