Editorials
The Bloody Birth of a Nation
By Ya’Ke Smith – Films glorify birth. A push here. A tug there. A brief argument between husband and wife when one of them says something the other doesn’t want to hear. But ultimately the […]
Year: 2021
Religion
Spiritually Speaking: Eliminate Luck From Your Vocabulary
By James A. Washington – I don’t know about you but, there have been times when I have confused being blessed with being lucky. At times when it seems that life has stacked the deck against […]
Local
City of Jacksonville to Host 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Virtually This Year
The City of Jacksonville invites the community to celebrate the life, legacy and service of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast presented by Florida Blue. This year’s event […]
Urban Traveler
Visualizing a Trip to Kenya Africa
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “Kenya remains one of my favorite places to visit on the continent because you get a lot of the Mother Land vibes […]
Sports
Len Bias is Posthumously Going into the Hall of Fame
THE BURTON WIRE — By Nsenga K. Burton Ph.D. The internet is celebrating news that late basketball legend Len Bias will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Bias leads a group of six players and […]
Entertainment
Historic Milestone Reached in Development of Universal Hip Hop Museum
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “When the journey began, there was no blueprint or roadmap for building a Hip Hop museum that would take on the enormity […]
Political
In First Act of New Congress, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Introduces Reparations Bill
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – With the start of the 117th Congress this week, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Budget, and […]
National
Congress Certifies Biden’s Win in Aftermath of Deadly Protests
By Stacy M. Brown – Vice President Mike Pence affirmed Joe Biden as president-elect early Thursday morning in the wake of a chaotic assault on the U.S. Capitol, finally putting an end to President Donald […]
Local
Duval Celebrates Kwanzaa with Emphasis on Collective Work and Responsibility
By Lynn JonesTurpin – As the world was winding down from the holidays, Kwanzaa stepped in to provide the seven principles for 2021. First celebrated in 1966, Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African-American culture that […]
Local
Soil Collection Remembers City’s Lynched Black Men
The Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project, an initiative of 904WARD, held a virtual and social distancing soil collection ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the lynching of Eugene Burnam. The lynching, one of thousands of crimes […]