Commentary

Remarks by UN Ambassador Susan E. Rice at Howard University convocation

Friday, 07 December 2012 10:40 Ambassador Susan E. Rice , U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At Howard University’s 145th Convocation, September 28, 2012.

In my own family, that legacy of oppression overcome weighed on my late father, Emmett Rice. He was a brilliant, proud man-an economics professor a senior official at the Treasury Department and the World Bank, and a Governor of the Federal Reserve Board. But his life of service came despite ferocious odds. My dad grew up between the wars in segregated South Carolina, and he never forgot the sting of separate and unequal.

A smarter way to grade America's High Schools

Wednesday, 05 December 2012 11:11 John Chubb

Everyone agrees that America's high schools need to do a better job of preparing students to be "college- and career-ready." But the big problem is, how do we get them to do that?

Social entrepreneur and 2012 Bush Fellow

Friday, 30 November 2012 10:19 Tene Wells

I am a social entrepreneur and business owner with an office in my home. I live and work in North Minneapolis. I help small businesses, nonprofits and people in my community create wealth.

Discovering Black America . . . MY JOURNEY©

Thursday, 29 November 2012 12:49 Linda Tarrant-Reid

Hurricane Sandy was the October Surprise

Dr. West, this time you went too far

Wednesday, 28 November 2012 13:24 Harry Colbert, Jr.

Dr. West, there's a line in social discourse and critique and you, sir, have crossed it.

Forward for children

Tuesday, 13 November 2012 00:00 Marian Wright Edelman

Americans committed to keep moving forward turned out in record numbers to vote in the battleground states. But we won’t be able to go forward until Congress sits down and makes the hard decisions to create a just budget that invests in children, our poorest group of Americans, and creates jobs for their struggling parents while making sure those who have benefited from huge tax cuts pull their weight. Exit polls have made clear that the majority of Americans—Democrats, Independents, and many Republicans alike—agree that the richest Americans and corporations need to pay their fair share.

A post-election mobilization agenda

Tuesday, 13 November 2012 00:00 Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist

After we savor the feeling of sweet success that comes from President Barack Obama's election, there is work to do. Most of us got the outcome that we both worked and hoped for, but we have to resist the temptation to exhale and get on with our work. Before the president takes the oath of office for a second time, African Americans should mobilize around these issues: