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Repeat Offense: Private Prisons Resurrection Represents Pay-To-Play

March 14, 2017 Staff 0

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian Novelist, “The House of the Dead,” 1862 by Marc Morial Twenty-four hours after the election of Donald […]

Editorials

HBCU Presidents and One-Note Betsy

March 14, 2017 Staff 0

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux Eighty HBCU Presidents did a “fly in” to the White House in a meeting organized by Trump whisperer Omarosa, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), and others. There was a White House […]

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Womens’ History Month: a Time to Celebrate the Strength of Black Women in America

March 14, 2017 Staff 0

“We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing,” said Alice Walker. It is that strength and fortitude throughout the years that has helped African […]

Editorials

My Personal Letter to President Barack Obama

March 7, 2017 Staff 0

Dear President Obama, First, let me thank you for being so awesome. You have been an inspiration to so many people around the world, especially African Americans. Thank you for your passion, intelligence, commitment, aptitude […]

Education

Forget TED Talks, EWC’s Tiger Talks Educates and Engages Local College Students

February 28, 2017 Staff 0

TED, the nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas in the form of short, powerful talks began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged.Today, TED covers almost all topics — from science to […]

Entertainment

The Oscars Made History by Awarding Record-breaking Number of Black Stars

February 27, 2017 Staff 0

By Lilly Workneh, huffingtonpost.com History was made at the 2017 Academy Awards on Sunday night with a record number of wins by black stars, and, ultimately by awarding the most diverse group of Oscar winners […]

Feature

Local 13-Year-Old Named Go Fund Me Hero for Kick Starting $120K Hidden Figures Campaign

February 22, 2017 Staff 0

People across the United States are fundraising on GoFundMe to take young people to see box office sensation Hidden Figures. The film tells the inspiring story of African American women who worked as human computers […]

Lifestyle

La’Shanda Holmes Shows Blacks Still Defying Odds, Breaking Barriers

February 21, 2017 Staff 0

Growing up poor and abandoned Fayetteville, North Carolina, La’Shanda Holmes had no idea where her life would take her, certainly not to a career as a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Coast Guard and a […]

National

US Army Lifts Ban On Dreadlocks

February 21, 2017 Staff 0

Grooming regulations in the different branches of the military have been at odds with natural hair for many years. Yet a recent report from The New York Times shows that a number of Black women […]

Feature

Emmett Till Still Center of Tragedy

February 20, 2017 Staff 0

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