Editorials
Can We Rebuild Black Wall Street?
By Dr. James Clingman “There are [Blacks] who are willing to worship the pyramids of 4,000 years ago, but will not build pyramids in the present so their children may see what they left behind […]
Articles by Staff
Editorials
Even Funerals Are Not Family Reunions Anymore
By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist Most of the relatives on my mother’s side migrated from Tuscaloosa, Ala. to Johnson City, Tenn., where my oldest aunt, Julia Mae Cousin, established roots after she […]
Community
First Coast No More Homeless Pets to Do Free Spay and Neutering for Large Dogs
First Coast No More Homeless Pets to Do Free Spay and Neutering for Large Dogs First Coast No More Homeless Pets (FCNMHP) has begun The Big Fix II providing free spay or neuter surgeries for […]
Sports
Gabby Douglas Opens Up About ‘hurtful’ Social Media She’s Endured During Olympics
By Rob Perez After winning yet another gold medal at the 2016 Rio games, what should be a week Gabby Douglas celebrates for the rest of her life has been anything but. Whether it was […]
National
Republicans are at Breaking Point with Donald Trump
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — The Republican Party could be nearing a breaking point with Donald Trump. As he skips from one gaffe to the next, GOP leaders in Washington and in the most competitive states […]
Education
Bennett College President to Step Down
by Julie Knight Bennett College and its president are parting ways. The college’s board of trustees issued an announcement Thursday that Rosalind Fuse-Hall, who was named president in the summer of 2013, will step down […]
Lifestyle
New Social Security Policy Benefits Youth Leaving Foster Care
Online Toolkit Now Available to Immediately Assist Families (August 11, 2016) – A new policy from the Social Security Administration (SSA) went into effect on August 1st to allow foster youth of all ages with […]
Sports
Carmelo Anthony Passes Michael Jordan on USA Olympic Scoring List
Carmelo Anthony is on the verge of becoming the greatest scorer in USA Basketball history. (Photo credit by USATSI) By Ananth Pandian, CBS Sports Playing in his fourth Olympic games, Carmelo Anthony will cement his […]
Editorials
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Social Media
by Reggie Fullwood With so many thought-provoking political, social and even sports topics that could be discussed I figured that I would lighten things up a bit as we head towards the end of the […]
National
NAACP National President Cornell William Brooks Arrested After Sit-In with Youth in Congressional Office
ROANOKE, Va. – NAACP National President and CEO Cornell William Brooks was charged with trespassing by local police after refusing to leave a Congressman’s district office in southwest Virginia on Monday during a sit-in with […]