Editorial »
Why No Uproar For Heaven?
Submitted by Kalvin Michael Smith, Guest Columnist Heaven Sutton was the seven-year-old African American girl who was shot and killed in Chicago last year while fleeing with her mother. “Why no uproar for Heaven?” Not
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The Black Press at its Best
Submitted by George Curry, Guest Columnist When then-National Newspaper Publishers Association Chairman Danny Bakewell Sr. asked me to emcee the Black Press Week luncheon at the National Press Club in 2011, I had no
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Guest Columnist Raynard Jackson
With the elections now over, I am stunned with the postmortem coming from the Republican Party and the lack of substantive analysis from its operatives. Those who follow my writings know that I have
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Guest Columnist Bill Fletcher
Leading up to November 6, I found myself focused on the matter of voter suppression and electoral shenanigans committed by the Republicans. This concern was not for nothing. Prior to and on Election Day, there
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Letters to the Editor
Religious leaders hypocritical for opposing Obama To the Editor: The opposition that President Obama has received from some religious leaders and the support that Mitt Romney has received from many in this same group solely
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Election Shows Power of Black and Brown Vote
This year’s election cycle has taught us many lessons. Key among them is the clear fact that these United States are becoming more racially diverse and if politicians want to continue to lead, they
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What really matters in this election
On Nov. 4, 2008, many Americans shared, for the first time, an unbelievable calm, pride, and, yes, hope in our country. For a moment, we dared to believe that a “colored” man born of
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Trivializing Rape
As a recent graduate of the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and its affiliate, the Washington School of Psychiatry, where for the last four years I studied physical trauma; and as a pastor
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Letter to the Editor
Harming the Billy Graham Legacy Below is an excerpt of an open letter by N.C. NAACP President William Barber, and signed by more than two dozen state religious leaders, to Rev. Franklin Graham,
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Letters to the Editor
Linda Coleman To the Editor: I am proud to stand beside Linda Coleman on the day the polls open and am positive that she will be our next Lieutenant Governor. I urge voters all
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