By Katie Lobosco, CNN Aja Jefferson, a freshman at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, needs to come up with $1,300 more for tuition next semester — and so do tens of thousands of other […]
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza: A snowman peeks into the Oval Office as President Barack Obama signs end-of-the-year bills, Dec. 16, 2016. By Dennis Robaugh, patch.com From community organizer in Chicago to state […]
by Lynn Show In the midst of hurricane Matthew’s wrath, Black Expo 2016 had to be rescheduled from October 6-8th to last weekend. Hundreds of Duval county residents showed up to the annual confab to […]
by Lynn Jones Determined to shed a light on positive stories in Northwest Jacksonville, Albert Chester, Jr. is making a difference in the community he grew up loving. Last weekend the millennial opened The Capstone […]
The Clara White Mission led a coalition of organization and companies to host the 21st Annual “December to Remember” Christmas Party, dedicated to lifting the spirits of five deserving families. Held last weekend at the […]
by A. Batson The Jacksonville Chapter of Jack and Jill is presenting 17 young men as part of the 15th Bi-annual Les Beautillion Militaire, which will be held in March. One of the major requirements […]
An estimated 1.2 million people in the U.S. were living with HIV at the end of 2013, according to the U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. Although African Americans make up only 13 percent […]
by Wilmer Leon Legislators represent people not trees or acres.. As long as ours is a representative form of government, and our legislatures are those instruments of government elected directly by and directly representative of […]
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In the United States of America, we love to bask in the glory of our “exceptionalism.” We are great; we are wonderful; we dominate the world. Scholars who study […]
While delivering the eulogy for Reverend/State Senator Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015, President Obama said, “None of us can or should expect a transformation in race relations overnight. Every time something like […]
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