Posts in category Opinion

A newly released study by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), a Boston-based nonprofit, attempts to answer a weighty question: How much should …

“It’s a colored girl.” If born in the USA, that means something very different than if a “colored’ girl is born in India, Liberia, Trinidad-Tobago, …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Andre and Tailynn Davis sat on the edge of their living-room couch, a box of tissues at arms’ reach. Their bodies were …

Democracy finally prevailed in Guyana on Sunday, Aug. 2, when a new president was sworn into office, marking the end of a disgusting exploitation of …

DETROIT – Aug. 2, 2020 marked 230 years since the first census was taken under the direction of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. It has …

The cornerstone of a Democracy is the ability to vote. Voting is every citizen’s voice, and is the civic responsibility of all eligible voters. Free …

OPEN LETTER BY BLACK WOMEN LEADERS IN RESPONSE TO THE NARRATIVE SURROUNDING BLACK WOMEN NOMINEES FOR VICE PRESIDENT Black women are many things. We are …

We cannot lump everyone into a common experience. Black folk have various colonial identities, wearing their hyphenated nationalities proudly! So, for me to be an …

Birmingham, Ala. (AP) – From his childhood, when he preached to chickens in the dirt-poor South, to his decades as a moral force in Congress, …

Of all the ways that John Lewis influenced American life and politics, his indelible impact on young people may be among the most enduring. From …