Editorials
All Eyes on the Black vote
By George E. Curry Media Columnist Now that we have gotten the first two political anomalies out of the way en route to electing a new president – mostly White Iowa and New Hampshire – […]
Year: 2016
Commentaries
Why Do Politicians Treat Addiction Differently in the Suburbs?
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Nick Cocchi would like to be the sheriff of Hampden County, an Eastern Massachusetts county of half a million people. Springfield, Massachusetts, a city that is about 22 […]
Editorials
Black History is Bigger Than a One Month Celebration
“Freedom is never given; it is won,” said the great organizer and leader A. Phillip Randolph. Black history is a history of fighting for freedoms and recognitions that were once denied. If you walk into […]
Entertainment
Kim and Kanye Post First baby Pics
Yahoo News – Finally, we get our first glimpse of his holiness. Saint West — the divine creation of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West — has made his Internet debut. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians […]
Commentaries
An Unreasonable Approach to the Black Vote
By Raynard Jackson Columnist Last week I had a very long conversation with a major political operative about whether there was a role for Blacks in the Republican Party, on congressional staffs, on campaign staffs, […]
OPED
Why we should never forget Black History Month
By Gwen Lang Jones A great philosopher once stated, “If you don’t know your history, you are likely to repeat it.” With this in mind, I reflected on my past, a similar path for which […]
Sports
“Concussion” Continues to Plague NFL Players
Lawrence Phillips’ family has opted to donate the brain of the former Nebraska and NFL running back to researchers studying the traumatic brain injury said an attorney representing the family. Phillips was found unresponsive at […]
Greek Life
Zeta Phi Beta Honors Seasoned Doves
The Beta Alpha Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. honored members over the age of sixty with a Finer Womanhood Prayer Breakfast at the chapter’s sorority house. The theme for the event, “The […]
Local
Local Author’s Book Focuses on the Journey of Florida’s Underground Railroad
For over a year author Meltonia Young gathered information regarding the Underground Railroad that runaway slaves used to travel south to freedom for her newly published book The Journey South to Freedom. The author […]
Local
Bessie Coleman Engraved in Jax History with a Marker
The Durkeeville Historical Society (DHS) paid tribute to aeronautical pioneer Bessie Coleman with a historical marker placed at the 1926 plane crash site near where Paxon Middle School stands today. The marker was erected at […]