By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor You must have seen this video. A father speaking with his pre-verbal son about the season finale of Empire. The video went viral at warp speed … [Read more...]
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The Congressional Black Caucus Must Oppose HR 246
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor Think about it this way. If every tactic that was used by African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement and/or in the fight against apartheid … [Read more...]
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Either Trump Cannot Make the ‘Deal’ or it Wants to Bring about a Crash
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor For someone who sold himself to the public as the great deal-maker (i.e., The Art of the Deal), Donald Trump has made a mess of negotiations … [Read more...]
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Refugees
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Contributor The hysterics in connection with the Central American refugees seeking asylum in the USA would, under other circumstances, be comical. A few … [Read more...]
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This Is Why Migrant Parents Travel with Children
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) There has been a strange response by many White conservatives to the separation of migrant children from their parents. Whether we are … [Read more...]
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Climate Change Is Creating Climate Refugees
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Have you ever heard of the Marshall Islands? They are 1156 islands that constitute a republic in the South Pacific. Major battles during World … [Read more...]
Ebola Tracks Outbreak of HIV/AIDS Pandemic
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist A high school friend of my wife was one of the earliest victims of the HIV/ AIDS pandemic. He was a flight attendant, who was stricken and died quickly. … [Read more...]
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Putting the IRS ‘Scandal’ into perspective
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Like too many events since the beginning of the Obama presidency, various attacks on the administration by the Republicans end up being about less than what … [Read more...]
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Obama needs to run against Congress
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist If President Obama wants to win in November he will have to run against the Republican Congress. He will actually not need to spend his time on Romney. When … [Read more...]
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Circle of clowns playing with fire
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It is difficult to watch the spectacle of the Republican primaries and not agree with whoever it was that originated the description of those candidacies as … [Read more...]