Editorials

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | Birmingham Times – With the dawn of spring, we normally look at or can visibly see areas of our lives that need a little dusting off. In actuality, the new season […]

A Message From The Publisher: 14 For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they […]

by E. Faye Williams | There is something in this country about not being a white male gets you blamed for being a racist if you complain about them! I know before I write, I will be accused […]

The case has drawn comparisons to the infamous 1984 incident involving Bernhard Goetz, a white man who shot four Black teenagers on a New York City subway after claiming he believed they were trying to […]

By Lucius Gantt | God has always used messengers to inform his children about the truth. When Jesus said he was the Messiah few people believed him.        Today when Black men and Black women […]

By Ben Jealous | It was my last year as national president of the NAACP, at the end of 2013 Image Awards. I was with my dear friend Louis Gossett, Jr., the actor and activist who […]

So far we have seen President Elect Donald Trump nominate a host of unqualified people for key positions in an effort to ensure this time that he has full control of government from day one. […]

Just as Newsmax was the first cable-television network to declare Donald Trump the next president of the United Stares, this Newsmax space was among the first to predict the outcome just days before the election: “Don’t be […]

by Keith Boykin, Word In Black | “Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black,  examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential […]