Opinion

In office 30 days and President Obama has already devised a stimulus package, a bank bailout, and now a mortgage rescue. Like Franklin D. Roosevelt, he has put government’s shoulder into a falling economy. But […]

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Upon its 100th anniversary this week, the NAACP under the leadership of Benjamin Todd Jealous, set aside euphoria over the historic inauguration of the first Black president and challenged the Obama administration […]

‘One day, there will be a black president’ what a hollow prophecy. In 1964 both Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. felt there would be a black president, for Kennedy within 40 years […]

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, […]

Approximately every 26,000 years, our solar system makes a complete circuit. It takes about 2,160 years to travel through each of the 12 signs of the zodiac. Each of these transits or astrological ages represents […]

Parenting offers the most wonderful and daunting challenges in the world. Parents are their children’s most important teachers and mentors, and they bear primary responsibility for nurturing their sons and daughters while keeping them safe. […]

As it does every year, Super Bowl mania is sweeping the nation. In a recent survey of Visa Inc. cardholders, more than 60 percent said they would be inviting family and friends over to watch […]

The news is somber. One in 10 homeowners have been late for at least one mortgage payment and an estimated two million foreclosures will occur by the end of 2009. Our economy has shed 1.9 […]

On Nov. 4, voters will cast ballots in one of the most important elections in our nation’s history. Mississippians are rightly focused on the race for President, as well as elections for two U.S. Senators, […]

Americans have been bombarded with the question of who among the presidential candidates would make the best Commander in Chief. Of course, the Commander in Chief, the President of the United States, is the head […]