IRS Issue is Donor Disclosure Not Taxes

VIDEO: Lawrence O'Donnell on the problem with politically motivated nonprofits

2013-05-17

By Roger Colinvaux, law professor at Catholic University of America

The outrage over the IRS's conduct in targeting certain tax-exempt groups is based on a misunderstanding. Obviously, mistakes were made in how the IRS examined the groups, but what should not get lost amid the resulting hue and cry is that this is fundamentally about disclosure of donors, not tax-exempt status. Read the complete article

Former Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff Warns Privacy is Under Threat

Imagine Wearing a Surveillance Drone on Your Head Everyday

2013-05-15

By Michael Chertoff Special to CNN

Imagine a world in which every major company in America flew hundreds of thousands of drones overhead, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, collecting data on what Americans were doing down below. It's a chilling thought that would engender howls of outrage. Read the complete article

Black Revolutionary Assata Shakur is No Terrorist

It appears that the main inspiration for this outrage is to derail any efforts at the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba

2013-05-13

Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist

When the FBI announced that they were placing fugitive Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) on the list of most wanted terrorists and that they were offering an additional $1 million for her capture, it caught most of the world by complete surprise. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Make Sure Each Teen Athlete Gets a Healthy Heart Checkup

Play Smart Youth Screenings are just one way to save lives from sudden cardiac arrest

2013-05-13

Dr. James Beckerman, cardiologist, Providence Heart and Vascular Institute

ARVD can sometimes be diagnosed with a painless, noninvasive test that takes five minutes to perform.  It’s called an electrocardiogram, or ECG. Read the complete article

Voting for Fluoride on May 21: Simple Solution for Big Health Issues

Non-partisan associations of elders and activists have done the research and are taking a single position in favor of fluoridating Portland’s tap water

2013-05-10

Ronault Catalani

There are three reasons for ethnic minority and immigrant Portlanders to get fluoride into our kitchen table talk; to get fluoride into our crystal clear tap water; to get fluoride into our kids’ teeth.  Read the complete article

Special Election 2013: The Skanner News Endorsements

2013-05-07

The Skanner News Editorial Board

The Skanner News endorses Measure 26-151, fluoridation of Portland’s drinking water supply, because it will improve oral health for at-risk communities. Read the complete article

Blacks Underepresented in Immigration 'Modernization Act ' Debate

Senators crafting the bill put goodies into the bill that only serve to advantage themselves or their states

2013-05-06

Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

On its surface, the bill provides much-needed relief to many of the 11 million undocumented people who live in our country. The challenge is that it disadvantages some immigrants, especially African and Caribbean immigrants, while helping others. Read the complete article

Clarence Thomas's Deep-Seated Jealousy

Last week, it came to light that during an early-April interview with C-SPAN, Thomas tried to diminish President Obama's achievements

2013-05-06

Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist

Clarence Thomas’s out-of-court comments are extraordinarily revealing.  They show a man whose exalted position has brought him no inner peace, a man who continues to see himself as being victimized by this or that person or cabal. Read the complete article

Learning to Teach Students How to Learn

It fits somebody's stereotype to describe African American youngsters as culturally alienated from the mainstream

2013-04-29

Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

By almost any metric there are gaps between African American students and White or Asian students (Latinos achieve at about the same rate as African Americans). Why does this happen? Read the complete article

New Efforts to Curb the ‘Debt Trap’ of Payday Lending

'Our constituents, and consumers everywhere, deserve better from our nation’s financial institutions'

2013-04-29

Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist

On April 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a white paper on payday loans made by storefronts and by banks. Despite years of bank efforts to portray themselves as anything but payday lenders, the CFPB strips them of that cover. Read the complete article