Juneteenth, America at 250, and the hole in the soul of our Democracy
By WADE HENDERSON As Americans prepare to celebrate Juneteenth and the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, we should take pride in the extraordinary progress …
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Black Music Month 2026: ‘Wake Up Everybody!’
Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes (Photo courtesy of media.ntslive.co.uk) By HAZEL TRICE EDNEY Wake up, everybody, No more sleepin’ in bed No more backward …
Turn a wall on its side, and it becomes a table
We have always been at our best when we welcomed the stranger. It is time to be at our best again. A friend said something …
How much does your life matter?
By Antonia Williams-Gary Once upon a time we were bought and sold in the slave markets where prices for our bodies were set according to …
Reconciling Jackson and Jackson
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia By BEN JEALOUS The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things …
Black Journalists will not be silenced
By Antonia Williams-Gary “Sticks and stones may break (my) bones, but words will never hurt (me)”. One of the biggest challenges in our modern society …
The Real AIpocalypse Is Probably Already Here
By Thomas L. Knapp Are The Terminator, The Matrix and other such films entertainment, or are they prophecy? With the fast progress of artificial intelligence over …
Remove Trump: A growing demand
By Rob Okun Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall… ―Bob Dylan A two-week truce. …
Supreme Court supports conversion therapy
US Supreme Court Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ and children. A majority of the …
Trump Administration rejects UN declaration: The Slave Trade is “The gravest crime against humanity”
John Mahama, President of Ghana By Antonia Williams-Gary On March 25, 2026, after nearly a millennium of the inhumane practice, the …