Editorials

by Dr. E. Faye Williams (TriceEdneyWire.com) – I was afforded the honor of traveling to Cuba. Representing Mayor Johnny Ford and the World Conference of Mayors, Dr. Lezli Baskerville of HBCU’S, and The Dick Gregory […]

By Pastor L. Gundy – In view of the pending legislation concerning the building of a new Correction Facility and Jail at the cost of a billion or more dollars that will last prayerfully 50 […]

By Bobby R.  Henry, Sr | There are moments in history when a people must decide whether they will merely survive the storm or stand in the storm with courage, conviction, and purpose. We are […]

by Herb Boyd A few political commentators have suggested that the era of Jim Crow, that long, dark historical period when the rights of Black Americans were all but abrogated, has returned with a vengeance. […]

By Sylvia Ghazarian On Mothers’ Day we celebrate mothers for their strength and sacrifice. But May is also Mental Health Awareness Month, and we rarely talk about the systems that are breaking them and about […]

By Stacy M. Brown | Twenty-eight years ago, Camille Cosby wrote a column in a national newspaper that set off a firestorm of controversy. She had just buried her son, Ennis Cosby, killed on a […]

Aisha Winfrey | Los Angeles WAVE | Wire Report | WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, one of America’s most influential Black political leaders, says that some MAGA Republicans told him directly that slavery was a […]

By Kay Wicker | After backlash at the growing number of influencers entering traditional media spaces, Tabitha Brown, Jemele Hill, and more weigh in. Content creators and journalists are at war with one another again. After […]

by Laura Onyeneho | Defender Network Feminism is not about hating men. It never was. The word itself — rooted in the Latin femina, meaning woman — has carried, since its earliest recorded use in the 1890s, one […]

by ReShonda Tate | Defender Network It seems like an almost daily occurrence: Someone on social media renouncing the sorority or fraternity they once fought like hell to join. They offer a solemn video, a carefully […]