Posts in category Opinion

By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY   Yes, it’s morning in America but the skies are partly cloudy, with a good chance of rain. I’m afraid the rain …

By ROGER CALDWELL   The Republicans have finished fabricating lies at their three-ring circus, where their presidential nominee Donald Trump was the ringmaster. Trump is …

By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN   After nearly two and a half centuries of democracy, this is what the state of national politics has degenerated to: The …

By BARBARA HOWARD   African Americans have been tied to the Democratic Party since slavery, particularly in the South. First, plantation owners owned slaves who …

Associated Press   SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – The Western district of the Methodist church has elected an openly gay bishop despite the denomination’s ban on same-sex …

Associated Press   CLIFTON, N.J. – An aspiring nun who was told she couldn’t enter a convent until her student loan debt was paid off …

By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press   LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Africa’s largest city is closing dozens of mosques, churches and nightclubs in a bid to …

By ROMANO A. LOPEZ   Semantics is that part of linguistics that has to do with the meaning of words. Etymology is another part of …

By LUCIUS GANTT   Many people are celebrating the comments made by professional basketball players, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwayne Wade, about …

By JANET TAYLOR For five generations, my family has called Clewiston home. We love our community, its people and our culture. We also care about …