Video
Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s full swearing in ceremony
Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s full swearing in ceremony […]
Month: April 2015
Video
New Money: Former NFL Player Says Mom Asked For $1M After He Was Drafted
At one point near the end of his career, Buchanon was down to $400K in his bank account, was robbed, and owed a lot of money on three different houses. He told Martin that’s when he realized that he could go broke. […]
Photos
St. Paul Missionary OSOS Banquet, Summitt & Dream Girls Career, Health & Safety Expo
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church was on the front line April 23-25 for a weekend of events to save Jacksonville daughters and sons. The Operation Save Our Sons banquet took place Thursday April 23rd. On […]
Urban Traveler
Food Network and Cooking Channel Bring the Victuals to Miami Beach!
Food Network and Cooking Channel Brings the Victuals to Miami Beach (February 2015) By Urban Traveler Lynn Jones The Food Network and Cooking Channel South Beach Wine and Food Festival presented by Food […]
Community
KIPP School Connects With UNCF
KIPP School Connects With UNCF – Close to 200 people gathered inside the auditorium at the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) school, a free public charter school on the city’s Westside to hear from Dr. […]
Urban Traveler
Tampa, Florida: Great Food, Festivals and Urban Style Living!
Tampa, Florida: Great Food, Festivals and Urban Style Living! (January 2015) By Urban Traveler Lynn Jones My Urban Traveler reporting synopsis is based upon the visiting city’s representation of culture, restaurants, history, night […]
Commentaries
Should African Americans Endorse Whites over Blacks?
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Two prominent Black Maryland officials – Montgomery County Executive Issiah Leggett and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III – have endorsed Congressman Chris Van Hollen, a White, over […]
Editorials
Jailing Educators for ‘Cheating to the Test’
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux Eleven Atlanta teachers have been convicted of altering student test scores on standardized tests. They are charged with racketeering and conspiracy. The much-celebrated Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools Beverly L. Hall […]
Editorials
Should Florida become a Vegas-style Casino State?
by Reggie Fullwood “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are,” said the great writer C. S. […]
Entertainment
Percy Sledge, Voice Behind “When a Man Loves a Woman,” Dies
Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died this week in Louisiana. He was 73. Sledge’s longtime […]