Editorial
It was an autumn morning in 2018 when my phone rang in Washington, D.C., and I’ll never forget the sound of Mama’s voice on...
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It was an autumn morning in 2018 when my phone rang in Washington, D.C., and I’ll never forget the sound of Mama’s voice on...
By Cheryl Smith You may not have heard about the demise of yet another newspaper. This is the message I sent to Focus Daily...
“Now all the “nigger-lovers” and Black people were gathering around Jesus to listen. And the White church people and Sun- day school teachers were...
By Kenneth L. Hardin The one semester I attended an HBCU before transferring to a predominantly white institution wasn’t long enough to count for...
By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. Celebratory programs and events marked the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Promises and proclamations were made...
By Vincent L. Hall “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent,...
By Norma Adams-Wade Verna Thomas-Melton received an award designating her as an “unsung Hero” seven years ago from Eta Phi Beta Sorority’s Epsilon Chapter....
Angela Davis Henry is impressive! And not just because she is a community servant, born leader, and genuinely nice person; or we share the...
By Dr. Barbara Reynolds One can only wonder what would have happened if the tech elites had heeded the prophetic warning of Dr. Martin Luther...
By Ben Jealous What if the answer to undoing the harm wrought by the demise of America’s manufacturing sector was right in front of us?...
Revolutionary solidarity doesn’t play tit-for-tat but it does keep score. And Africans and African Americans don’t like the numbers.
By ReShonda TateFani fans some flames Anyone who knows anything about former president Donald Trump’s time in office has seen some of everything. No respect...
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux Many of us go through the useless ritual of making New Year’s resolutions and proclaiming “out with the old.” Maybe...
By Terry Allen In the heart of our family, there was a matriarch named Lucille “Big Mama” Allen. A woman of boundless wisdom and...