NRA Maintains Stranglehold on Congress

But there are growing indications that the NRA’s political clout might be vastly overrated

2013-01-14

George E. Curry NNPA Columnist

In the wake of the killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. last month and just before Vice President Joe Biden presented a list of proposals to President Obama this week that includes banning assault weapons and limiting sales of high-capacity ammunition clips, the president of the National Rifle Association expressed confidence that new gun legislation will stall in Congress. Read the complete article

Fixing Unemployment: Mentoring, Hard Work and the Hook-Up

Tax reform will reduce tax deductions, some in ways that may increase income inequality

2013-01-10

Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

How will African Americans improve our situation in 2013? Right now, we have higher unemployment than any other population in our nation, less wealth, higher school dropout rates, and more crime in our communities. Read the complete article

Typical American Household has Only $100 After Monthly Expenses

Moreover, as worker productivity increased, the workplace has seldom rewarded them with higher pay

2013-01-10

Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist

After controlling for inflation, the typical household had less annual income at the end of 2010 than it did at the beginning of the decade Read the complete article

What 'Lincoln' misses and another Civil War film gets right

He used the N-word, told racist jokes, and once said Blacks were inferior to whites

2013-01-08

John Blake CNN

(CNN) -- He used the N-word and told racist jokes. He once said African-Americans were inferior to whites. He proposed ending slavery by shipping willing slaves back to Africa. Read the complete article

Boehner: Intemperate, Ignorant and Out of Control

The Speaker of the House has tossed 'f-bombs' and more inaside the hallowed halls

2013-01-07

Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

His narrow victory reflects the fact that no Democrat would vote for him and that many Republicans are disillusioned with him.  Perhaps it also reflects the fact that he has so poorly comported himself that he does not deserve reelection. Read the complete article

Teach Young Men to Treat Women with Respect

There's often a 'code of silence' among athletes and fraternities

2013-01-05

Katie Hanna and Monika Johnson Hostler Special to CNN

(CNN) -- Just within the past week, a disturbing video released by the hacktivist group Knight Sec exposed details surrounding the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl in Steubenville, Ohio; more protests erupted over the horrific gang rape of a young woman in India; and the final sessions of the 112th Congress did not reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. 

Typical American Household has Only $100 After Monthly Expenses

African-Americans who formerly worked manufacturing and construction jobs lost more than twice the number of jobs between 2007 and 2011

2013-01-04

Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist

After controlling for inflation, the typical household had less annual income at the end of 2010 than it did at the beginning of the decade. Read the complete article

Social Security, Medicare Should be Off the Table

'Republicans will surely be emboldened by the way Mr. Obama keeps folding in the face of their threats'

2013-01-04

George E. Curry NNPA Columnist

Even though feuding Democrats and Republicans reached a last-minute deal on New Year’s Day to avoid the fiscal cliff, a lively debate will continue in coming months over the role the federal government should play in the lives of its citizens. Read the complete article

North Carolina NAACP Statement on Pardon of Wilmington 10

A Federal Court overturned these convictions over 30 years ago

2013-01-03

These young people were non-violent protestors fighting for educational equality. They were framed, wrongfully convicted and incarcerated in connection to a fire bombing in Wilmington, NC over 40 years ago. Read the complete article

GOP, Time to Rebrand in the Image of the ‘Great Emancipator’

Flailing Republicans badly need a new image

2013-01-02

By Wade Henderson

Commemorations of the first Republican president raise this question: Why not refashion the Grand Old Party in the image of the Great Emancipator? Read the complete article