In this tough election, we must not lose sight of social justice and interdependence
By M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D. Â Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Fifty years ago, Americans from community after community came together...
Commentary
Blacks should embrace the ballot box on Election Day – Going fishing is not an alternative as a few black ministers have suggested
By Juanita Bratcher A few weeks ago there were various articles circulating in newspapers and on the Internet stating that...
Latino Voter Registration ‘In High Gear’ for Nov. 6 Election
New America News Analysis By Khalil Abdullah  WASHINGTON, D.C.--A consortium of Latino organizations already has registered a quarter-million new...
Muslim-Americans decry media portrait of followers of Islam
By Nadra Kareem Nittle Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism  Irrational. Violent. Fanatics.  Members of the Muslim-American community...
Mitt Romney is Mitt Romney’s problem
“By no stretch of the imagination has Romney said anything significant about what his plans are for America or how he...
Shell Oil presses Supreme Court to deprive torture victims of justice
By Bashe Yousuf America's Wire Writers Group Maynard Institute for Journalism Education   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Will victims of...
The black man’s burden: Exploding the myth of the “Dead Beat Dad”
By Dr. Umar Johnson, Psy.D., NCSP, M.Ed. Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- You've heard the rumors, for they are everywhere, and although...
Faces of Color at RNC? Mostly at the Lectern
Maynard Media Critique  By Nadra Kareem Nittle   Are mainstream media doing enough to expose the hypocrisy of...
We should all honor our veterans on November 11, 2012
Remembering my teenage war hero  By Chinta Strausberg  This year, Veterans Day falls on Sunday, November 11th where...
Understanding racism & retention: The crisis in black male high school & college drop-out
By Dr. Umar Johnson, Psy.D., NCSP, M.Ed. Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- It's that time of year again; Black boys and young...
