Editorials

First things first, I have to give a shout out to Susan Main, the retiring CEO of the Early Learning Coalition of Duval County. I met Susan years ago in a former life as a […]

By Vernon A. Williams This is a bad reality TV program. A train wreck. Every day it gets worse. Despicable conduct. Immoral behavior. Tenets of decency and “the American Way” have been diluted into corrupt […]

By Dezimon Alicea, Gary Crusader During the late 70s and well into the mid 80s; there was a new sound of music hitting the scene. Received by some, and criticized by many; hip hop was […]

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux The man who currently occupies the Oval Office (I call him 45, but y ’all know his name, and we don’t call it because we do not believe in feeding bloated […]

  By Marc H. Morial “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty […]

by Reggie Fullwood Happy Birthday America. Exactly 241 years ago our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence.  Many of the forefathers would be extremely proud of their “baby.”  The United States of America quickly ascended […]

by Jesse Jackson In his campaign, Donald Trump promised “we’re going to start winning again.” In office, he has defined winning largely in military terms. His budget decimates the State Department while adding billions to […]

PBS (Justice Initiative International) During the 1850s, Frederick Douglass typically spent about six months of the year travelling extensively, giving lectures. During one winter — the winter of 1855-1856 — he gave about 70 lectures […]

“What has been demonstrated here is that usually only one factor determines whether a defendant stays in jail before he comes to trial. That factor is not guilt or innocence. It is not the nature […]

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Two weeks ago, entertainer extraordinaire Bill Cosby was handed a hung jury in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. Regardless of what you think […]