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A Break of Faith
by Dr. Faye Williams Not long ago, MSNBC was the first network I turned on in the morning and the last I turned off at night. As opportunities would allow, I was a loyal viewer […]
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Black History is Bigger Than a One Month Celebration
“Freedom is never given; it is won,” said the great organizer and leader A. Phillip Randolph. And Black history in America is a history of consistently fighting for freedoms and equality. Perhaps President Trump should […]
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Trump Serious About Helping Regular Folks? Stopping Shady Solar Panel Salespeople Would Be Good
by Julianne Malveaux As a progressive who worked hard to help get Secretary Hillary Clinton elected, it is challenging for me to accept Donald Trump as President. But, he won. At least for now, I […]
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A College Degree Doesn’t Get You That Far if You’re Black
by John Rice As America transitions to a new administration, there is mounting fear that Trump’s policies will put the American Dream even further out of reach for blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and other minorities who […]
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Dr. Woodson and African American History Month
by Dr. Conrad Worrill The African Centered Education Movement has brought a new meaning to the annual African American History Month celebrations that have become so popular. That new meaning of African Centered thought, as […]
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DeVry University Students to Benefit from $100 Million FTC Settlement
By Charlene Crowell For the third time in two years, a large for-profit college has faced charges of defrauding its students. This time the charges stem from promises of jobs and incomes that never materialized. […]
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Why Black Women Must Be Involved in the Women’s March on Washington
by Julianne Malveaux “Ain’t I A Woman,” railed Sojourner Truth, “I have ploughed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman! I could work as much […]
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Why President Obama Will Never Get the Credit He Deserves
By Roger Caldwell In less than a month, real estate baron and reality TV star Donald J. Trump will be sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States of America. There is a reverence […]
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Are More Single Black Women Are Packing Pistols ?
by Michael Cottman “There is a high uptick of African-Americans buying guns across the country,” said Philip Smith, president of the 14,000-member National African-American Gun Association. “We are enrolling members in gun clubs in record […]
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Trump’s Pick for Secretary of Ed is Unqualified and Bad for Public Schools
“To the victor go the spoils” has been widely used for decades. Some attribute the term to Julius Caesar and others credit it to a New York Senator from the early 1800s. To simply state […]