Opinion

    (NNPA)—We should not have been as surprised as we were. The 10 ton, 55 feet meteor that struck Russia on Friday,...

      (NNPA)—Shelby County, Ala. is suing the Justice Department because they think that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of...

  ROLAND MARTIN   by Roland Martin (CNN) -- In the age of short attention spans and mass media hopping from one story to...

JESSE WILLIAMS by Jesse Williams Special to CNN Editor's note: Jesse Williams is an actor/producer who plays Dr. Jackson Avery on the TV series "Grey's Anatomy." He is a Temple University graduate and former public high school teacher. Williams founded the production company, farWord Inc. and is an executive producer of "Question Bridge: Black Males." Follow him on Twitter and Tumblr. Note: This article contains offensive language.

    (NNPA)—Last week, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress. I am stunned...

    (NNPA)—As President Obama closed his State of the Union speech on February 12, after listing all of his other policy proposals...

    (NNPA)--It has always been intriguing to me that we have elected thousands of Black politicians since Reconstruction, especially since 1970, while...

TAMARA JEFFRIES     by Tamara Jeffries Three weeks ago the media world buzzed about the 480 jobs lost at Time Inc. The...

    Overwhelmingly, we have a tendency to focus on the important roles that Black men have performed and ignore Black women. I...

    (NNPA)—A recent action by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has now formalized a national standard for determining violations...