America’s food deserts define our national character
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Once, while in graduate school, I read a book that taught how to lie with statistics, so I won’t bore you here …
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Drain the swamp – starting with Congress!
Counsel Robert Mueller and James Comey PHOTO COURTESY OF BENNINGTON BANNER By Barbara Howard Russia! Russia! Russia! I don’t know about you, but quite frankly, …
Who benefits in America with the exorbitant cost of healthcare?
By ROGER CALDWELL “Not only does the US have the highest per-capital healthcare in the world, but they’ve been going up faster than in other …
Rejection isn’t about you. It’s actually about God.
By TRACEY JACKSON We’ve been taught and practically beat over the head to know that rejection is God’s protection from a situation that will not …
Those who rule the world have created a Hell on Earth for ordinary human beings
By Mohamed Hamaludin The world celebrated the landing of Neil Armstrong on the moon on July 20, 1969, a milestone for the human race, but …
The prayer
By DR. HERBERT DAUGHTRY We thank You for this day that You have made,and we will rejoice and be glad in it. We thank you …
The English language is under attack. We must defend it
By Raynard Jackson Over the past three hundred years, when foreigners contemplated immigrating to the United States, foremost in their minds was that they wanted …
Pastors file suit against Coca-Cola over soda health risks
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA Associated Press WASHINGTON – Two prominent African American pastors have filed suit against Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association, claiming soda …
Does the law work differently for the Trump administration?
By Roger Caldwell As a black man who has no formal education and training in the field of law, I understand that America operates by …
Black clergy: NAACP on ‘current path toward irrelevancy’
Former NAACP President Cornell William Brooks PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By ADELLE M. BANKS Religion News Service The bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church …