Robert F. Smith’s Morehouse and the call for self-sufficiency
Dozens of white parents were recently accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to get their children into Ivy League universities. Such luxury is …
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Learn your numbers during Stroke Awareness Month
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and it is very significant to me, because I am a stroke survivor. As a stroke survivor, I consider …
Love life and live it abundantly, mothers and daughters
By Dr. Bessie Fletcher Can you live life abundantly, without When most mothers or daughters hear the word abundance, like most people, they think of money. …
Legacy of slave rebellion lingers as Turner reminders disappear
PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOYKINS, Va. (AP) – Kids grow up in rural Southampton County hearing that the mist creeping across the fields might …
DeSantis, Legislature should follow voter intent on felons’ rights
By Andrew Gillum PHOTO COURTESY OF FLORIDA POLITICS Our democracy obligates lawmakers to listen to the people and our constitution. Rarely in Florida history have …
Omar an unwitting pawn in Trump’s 2020 campaign strategy
There were four words: “some people did something.” They have launched a furious controversy that pits the President of the United States against a congressional …
So what do we do now, huh?
A growing number of black people are trying to connect the dots, putting together what they can of a family tree, using ancestry kits to …
Century-old black church moving for Hilton Head airport work
PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PICTURE PROJECT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – The Rev. Charles Hamilton preaches to a mostly black congregation at St. …
Man charged with cyber threats against Jews, Muslims, blacks
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a Pennsylvania man created a digital image of himself pointing an AR15 rifle at a group of praying …
Are the Republicans playing games with Amendment 4 in Florida?
“The passage of Amendment 4 was a political, ethical, and moral victory especially, for Blacks, and people of color in Florida. As many different organizations …