Aug. 17, 2010 marks the 123rd anniversary of the birth of Marcus Garvey. The legend of Garvey is based on his leadership toward Blacks' pride and self-determination. When Garvey died in 1940, European countries dominated the world. But, it was his teachings that spurred uprisings and rising expectations among colonies...

The National Urban League today called on Talk Radio Network to drop the Dr. Laura show from syndication, and urged host Dr. Laura Schlessinger to educate herself about racism.

(NNPA) - On August 29, we will commemorate five years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and since subsequently levees broke, drowning the city in feet of water.

(NNPA) - The sensational exposes about Rep. Maxine Waters have failed to relay an important fact to the public about why she arranged meetings between herself, a bank, and former Treasury Secretary Paulson.

After seeing its record deliberately distorted by conservatives and – in their opinion – unappreciated by liberals, the Obama administration is redoubling its efforts to publicize the president's accomplishments in his first 18 months in office.

(NNPA) - Forty-seven years ago, our nation was in the midst of uncertainty, trepidation, fear, frustration, anger and unrest. Forty-seven years ago, we were simultaneously hopeful, dedicated, ambitious, determined and resilient.

On Saturday Aug. 7 yet another high speed chase ended with a nasty crash. This car chase – like many others – sent innocent bystanders to hospital. Will these injured victims ever recover completely? This crash should never have happened.
Because, as The Skanner said in an editorial last month, in 2010, police should no longer engage in high-risk, dangerous to public safety, car pursuits.

When people in authority talk about someone with a "good attitude," they mean someone who hasn't managed to figure out he's being diddled, that there's a man behind the curtain, that the rules are made for the benefit of ... well, for the benefit of the people who make the rules ... The next time you hear complaints about someone having a "bad attitude," keep this in mind: It's entirely because of people with "bad attitudes" that you're not a slave ...

The past 40 years were the best times ever to be Black in America. But, is it still? While the size of Black underclass has tripled since the 1980s, a Black middle-class that was thought to be flourishing may have fallen on hard times. Studies show: "the wealth gap between White and Black American families has more than quadrupled over the last generation."

(NNPA) - At the recent National Urban League convention, President Obama's speech took aim at criticisms that had been launched by the Black Civil Rights community over the educational reforms proposed by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.