Posts in category Opinion

Department of Justice election monitors not needed or wanted in Michigan!  Photo courtesy of STOCK By REV. DR. WENDELL ANTHONY President, Detroit NAACP  The announcement …

Photos courtesy of  Linkedin.com & STOCK The phrase ‘What would Jesus think?’ (WWJT), is a different question from, “What would Jesus Do?” WWJD? is a …

Photo courtesy of FACEBOOK By Mel Gurtov Ordinarily, July 4 would be a time to celebrate the virtues of America. But whatever virtues we once …

When we forget the first fights over voting rights, we forget who profits when the many are divided. By Ben Jealous Voting rights is back …

By Antonia Williams-Gary Toniwg1@gmail.com On the 250th anniversary of the United States of America! A word: Patriot, def., “a person who vigorously supports their country, …

Photo courtesy of Detroit NAACP By Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony President, Detroit Branch NAACP DETROIT – Words from Emma Lazarus’ poem The New Colossus, “Give …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …