Conservative justices once again show their stripes

June 29, 2010 12:00 am

Conservatives on the high court once again defy common sense. Read More

Eerie silence by Black groups over Kagan nomination

June 28, 2010 12:00 am

Black groups on sideline as Kagan nomination is considered. Read More

In Memoriam: Manute Bol

June 21, 2010 12:00 am

Professional sports lost a true humanitarian with the death of Manute Bol. Read More

June 20, 2010 12:00 am

On Father's Day we salute all dads and encourage men to support their children. Read More

Real issues go obscured behind angry rhetoric

June 08, 2010 12:00 am

Today's primaries might reveal the true nature of the electorate. Read More

Consumers can invoke their own penalties

June 02, 2010 12:00 am

Consumers can do their part in sending a strong message to BP. Read More

Gulf oil spill will haunt nation for decades

May 28, 2010 12:00 am

The BP oil spill should force the nation to think about energy policy. Read More

Who Dat Nation Comes Up Big

February 08, 2010 12:00 am

Carrying a city on their backs, the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl. Read More

Big Easy a Winner No Matter the Final Score

February 07, 2010 12:00 am

Whatever the final score of the Super Bowl, New Orleans is a winner. Read More

Time for the community to get back in the game

February 01, 2010 12:00 am

A challenge to infuse a sense of purpose into Black History Month. Read More

Don't complain tomorrow

November 02, 2009 12:00 pm

If you truly care about your community, you will vote today. Read More

Game reveals racial disparities in higher ed

October 18, 2009 12:00 am

Black college football is being pimped for a large payday. Read More

Restrict Limbaugh’s Hot Air Act to Radio

October 15, 2009 12:00 am

The NFL is safe again now that Rush Limbaugh has been chased away. Read More

September 30, 2009 12:00 am

Derrion Albert's life must be honored and his death not in vain. Read More

Annual Conference offers opportunity to engage policy debates

September 22, 2009 12:00 am

Congressional Black Caucus is pivotal to President's agenda. Read More

The unfinished business of civil rights

September 14, 2009 12:00 am

It's time we stopped ignoring the truth and confront racists in our nation. Read More

Senseless loss of life should spark outrage

September 04, 2009 12:00 am

Jasmine Lynn went to Atlanta for an education, she is now a victim of gun violence. Read More

Gun-toting Obama haters are a threat

August 18, 2009 12:00 am

The presence of guns at a presidential event is a warning to us all. Read More

Attacks make clear this is not about healthcare

August 12, 2009 12:00 am

The ugliness on display at health care forums is not about policy. Read More

A historic seat on the Supreme Court

August 07, 2009 12:00 am

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. Read More

Obama tries to chill controversy over Gates arrest

July 31, 2009 12:00 am

It will take more than a few beers to reconcile racial bias in this nation. Read More

New Jersey takes another trip down Corruption Lane

July 27, 2009 12:00 am

Like a group of kids on a field trip, politicians rode the bus to their arraignment. Read More

President puts Cambridge police in check

July 24, 2009 12:00 am

For his honesty, the President has come under criticism by people who doubt Dr. Gates’ claims that the police acted without cause and their actions were racist. The offending officer has spoken publicly and said emphatically that he is not a racist and the local police union is supporting him. No matter what the counter-claim, the fact that the President of the United States made his opinion known is a true sign that change has come to the nation’s capital. Read More

Harvard Prof Becomes “Everyman” in Black Struggle

July 22, 2009 12:00 am

Noted scholar faces indignities usually reserved for nameless. Read More

New data shows strength of Black vote

July 21, 2009 12:00 am

Newly released Census data shows power of Black vote in 2008 election. Read More

A History of Triumph over Adversity

July 15, 2009 12:00 am

We salute the NAACP as it celebrates its 100th anniversary. Read More

U.S. must move beyond symbolic

July 13, 2009 8:00 am

President's tough love message must be accompanied with support for Africa. Read More

Remembering Michael Jackson

June 29, 2009 12:00 am

We honor the memory of Michael Jackson for what he meant to our community. Read More

Section 5 continues to serve a useful purpose

June 24, 2009 12:00 am

The recent Supreme Court decision preserves voting protections. Read More

We need to embrace her as our choice

June 10, 2009 12:00 am

Let's throw our support behind Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Read More

Obama sets balanced tone in Cairo speech

June 08, 2009 12:00 am

President pursues a Middle East agenda forged by truth and common sense. Read More

At last, common sense prevails

June 05, 2009 12:00 pm

Finally, the victims of Hurricane Katrina are being offered real help. Read More

New York City’s response already smells foul

June 01, 2009 12:00 am

The shooting of a Black, off-duty NYC police officer raises questions. Read More

Sotomayor will be a fine addition to the Court

May 27, 2009 12:00 am

President Obama has made a wise choice in his nomination of Judge Sotomayor. Read More

Time to deal with truth of the Confederacy

May 20, 2009 12:00 am

Reaction to Walter Fields' critique of Yates family proves the point. Read More

Flimsy excuse for not conferring honorary degree

May 15, 2009 12:00 am

Arizona State University's snub of President Obama is an insult. Read More

Obama should not fear a Black appointment

May 04, 2009 12:00 am

The appointment of a second Black would prove we are truly a post-racial society. Read More

The Obama era takes root

April 29, 2009 12:00 am

We take a look at President Obama's first 100 days in office. Read More

White House errs in skipping UN conference

April 20, 2009 12:00 am

The Obama administration has erred in its decision to skip this week’s United Nations Durban Review Conference that starts today. Read More

Time to Declare a National Emergency

April 06, 2009 12:00 am

Over the last three days we have heard news of several violent episodes in which guns were used to kill. Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 04, 2009 12:00 am

April 4 marks the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. Read More

It is time for a truthful account of movement

April 01, 2009 12:00 am

With a Black man now holding the office of President of the United States, the topic of “Black Power” might seem a strange choice as the subject of a symposium of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Read More

Could a job have prevented officers’ deaths?

March 25, 2009 12:00 am

The City of Oakland California is reeling from the shooting over the weekend of four police officers, all of whom have died, at the hands of a parolee. Read More

Time for real remedies to control corporate excess

March 20, 2009 12:00 am

Over the last few days the public anger over the bonuses received by executives at American International Group (A.I.G.) has resembled the villagers storming Frankenstein’s castle with torches ablaze. Read More

All out effort required to fight the spread of disease

March 16, 2009 12:00 am

The District of Columbia’s health department is due to officially release statistics on the status of HIV/AIDS in the nation’s capital and the numbers point to an epidemic, with particularly devastating implications for the city’s Black community. Read More

March 13, 2009 8:00 am

We are living during a very difficult time in our nation’s history. The current recession is taking a toll on communities across the country and Blacks have been particularly hard hit. Read More

Obama takes important step in reforming education

March 11, 2009 10:11 am

More so than anything, the story of Barack Obama’s success is one in which education played a key role in determining his destiny. Read More

Hardly Man of Steele

March 04, 2009 12:00 am

If Michael Steele wanted to set himself apart as the new chair of the Republican National Committee, he certainly achieved that goal with his embarrassing apology to conservative radio talk show blowhard Rush Limbaugh. Read More

Soon is not soon enough

March 03, 2009 12:00 am

Long before President Bush committed this nation to war in Iraq, this website in its former life as thenorthstarnetwork.com, opposed a U.S. invasion of Iraq. Read More

Jindal's performance should give GOP the creeps

February 27, 2009 12:00 am

So much for being the “anointed one.” Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is touted as a rising star in the Republican Party and his selection to give the GOP response to President Obama’s almost State of the Union address Tuesday night was suppose to be Jindal’s coming out party. Read More

Does harm to GOP’s outreach to Blacks

February 25, 2009 12:00 am

Let’s be clear about one thing. You can be Black, Republican and sane. While we may often disagree with the GOP on matters of public policy, particularly its far-right wing, we know that many Black Republicans fervently believe in the party’s fundamental economic and social message. Read More

GOP chair reinforces party’s racial blind spot

February 23, 2009 6:48 am

Just when we thought the Republican Party had made a turn in the right direction with the selection of Michael Steele as their new chair, the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is missing in action. Read More

February 20, 2009 12:00 am

Hundreds of people gathered yesterday afternoon in New York City outside the headquarters of the News Corporation to protest a racially insensitive cartoon in the New York Post, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Read More

Chris Brown saga highlights silent killer

February 19, 2009 12:00 am

They seemed like the perfect couple. Teen heartthrob Chris Brown and his stunning girlfriend, hit maker Rihanna. Perhaps that was the first sign that something was not quite right. Read More

Civil rights group still has work to do

February 12, 2009 8:00 am

It started out as a “movement,” a meeting of Black intellectuals, white feminists, clergy, and concerned whites in Niagara, New York and evolved into a modern creation, the civil rights organization. Read More

Not looking for perfection; just common sense

February 11, 2009 12:00 am

Baseball superstar's admission of drug use should not be casually dismissed simply because of his undeniable talent. Read More

Republicans risk credibility with stimulus stand

February 10, 2009 12:00 am

Over the last week the Republican Party has managed to take all of the positive attention gained from the selection of Michael Steele as its first Black chairperson and flush it down the toilet with their politically motivated opposition to the economic recovery legislation under consideration. Read More

Bush Team’s Self Interest Wearing Thin

February 06, 2009 12:00 am

So, while the nation’s economy is going down in flames, the very team that lit the match has nothing better to do than to sit back and take cheap shots at an administration that is barely three weeks old. Read More

Obama Appointees Hit by Tax Problems

February 04, 2009 12:00 am

It was bad enough when Timothy Geithner, now the Treasury Secretary, faced questions over his failure to pay taxes as he was being considered for the post. Read More

February 02, 2009 12:00 am

Late Friday afternoon Michael Steele made history when he was selected the new chairperson of the Republican National Committee. Read More

Inauguration Fiasco Unacceptable

January 25, 2009 12:00 am

The Presidential Inaugural Committee owes an explanation and apology to the tens of thousands of individuals who possessed tickets but did not gain access to the 56th Presidential Inauguration due to an utter lack of planning. Read More

Agenda for Economic Justice Unfinished

January 19, 2009 12:00 am

We come upon the National Holiday celebrating the birthday of the late civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a renewed sense of hope as we prepare for the inauguration of our nation’s first Black President. Read More

Don’t Blame Burris for Senate Soap Opera

January 08, 2009 12:00 am

So, there they were, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Dick Durbin, the senior member of the upper house from Illinois, and the man chosen to fill the remaining two years of Barack Obama’s Senate term, Roland Burris – exchanging niceties and smiles one day after the infamous showdown on the Hill. Read More

Burris should be seated next week

January 01, 2009 12:00 am

No matter what we might think of Governor Rod Blagojevich, we have to give him his due for sheer nerve. In the face of political scandal, imminent indictment, and possible impeachment, he one upped his critics, and defied his party, by appointing someone whose fitness to represent Illinois in the Senate cannot be reasonably challenged. Read More

Candidate for RNC Chair Reinforces Party Image

December 29, 2008 12:00 am

You would think that after the shellacking Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin took at the polls on November 4 that Republicans would be working in earnest to recast their party. Read More

Defying the spirit of (Touchdown) Jesus

December 15, 2008 12:00 am

It is one of the most storied programs in college football history. The Catholic school in South Bend, Indiana that plays in a stadium that at one end aligns with a mural of Christ, aptly nicknamed “Touchdown Jesus” because the depiction is with arms stretched upward in a manner a referee would declare a score. Read More

GOP saves Wall Street; Leaves Blue Collar Workers Stranded

December 14, 2008 12:00 am

So, after two weeks of posturing and pontificating, Republicans in the Senate balked at providing Detroit automakers the assistance the “Big Three” – General Motors, Ford and Chrysler – has indicated it needs to make it the first quarter of next year. Read More

Our Youth are Dying in the Streets

December 09, 2008 12:00 am

We are profoundly saddened and angered over the killing of 14 year-old Ronald Jackson in Baltimore on Sunday night. He is the latest among hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Black youth in our country who have been gunned down in senseless acts of violence. Read More

Access to jobs should be precondition for Black support

December 08, 2008 12:00 am

Now that President-elect Barack Obama has made clear his intention to use infrastructure projects, including transportation and schools, as a cornerstone for a massive jobs program aimed at stimulating the economy, Black leadership at all levels must insist that construction trades unions end practices that have prohibited Blacks from gaining access to union jobs. Read More

Our Commitment to Frederick Douglass' Legacy

December 03, 2008 12:00 am

Our mission is simple – to provide news and information from a perspective that is relevant to the experiences of Black people in this nation. Read More

Powell’s Legacy Unappreciated

November 29, 2008 12:00 am

November 29 marked the 100th birthday of civil rights and political legend Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. And unlike the celebrations and memorials that will be held around the country marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. next month, there will be little or no mention of Powell today. Read More

Much to be thankful for despite difficult times

November 27, 2008 12:00 am

These are difficult times for many Black Americans and on this Thanksgiving, for some, it may be difficult to find a reason to be thankful. Read More

Must Address the Working Poor

November 24, 2008 12:00 am

We are pleased that President-elect Obama has announced he will propose an Economic Recovery plan aimed at putting Americans to work in transportation infrastructure, public school buildings and clean energy projects. Read More

November 12, 2008 12:00 am

Over the course of the last two years the issue of personal responsibility has gained currency in our community, first with the controversial crusade of entertainer Bill Cosby and then espoused by Senator Barack Obama on the campaign trail. Read More

October 30, 2008 12:00 am

The Hudson family tragedy reflects a larger crisis. Read More

Survival of Community At Stake

September 14, 2008 12:00 am

New CDC data on the incidence of HIV/AIDS should raise a new sense of urgency in the Black community Read More

September 12, 2008 12:00 am

Black Americans must rise to the occasion and help Haiti during its time of great need. Read More

September 10, 2008 12:00 am

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems intent on staying in office for a third term. Read More

September 06, 2008 12:00 am

The bill may come due this November on a decades long strategy of divisive politics by the GOP. Read More

NSnewstv Editorial

August 28, 2008 1:33 am

Despite the tremendous success of Senator Barack Obama this election year, we can't lose sight of th Read More

Quota Mythology Misleads Public; Fuels Opposition

August 28, 2008 1:33 am

Just in time for the presidential election, it appears that foes of affirmative action, fueled by no Read More