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Vanessa Bell Calloway celebrates the beauty and purpose of breasts in sexy photo released on social media in support of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. LOS ANGELES, CA – 10.02.17 — If a picture […]
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President of Edward Waters College Announces 2018 Retirement, Acquires $8.5 Million as Part of His Legacy
Last week. the Jacksonville City Council voted to approve an $8.5 million Safe Neighborhood investment for Edward Waters College in its location in the blighted area of northwest Jacksonville. The City’s 2017-18 budget took effect […]
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Vegas Shootings Are a Reminder of How Much We Need Better Gun Control
The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives citizens the right to bear arms. It was ratified in December 1791, and the amendment says, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a […]
Editorials
We Americans Must Face our Addiction to Guns
by Jesse Jackson Fifty-nine dead and counting; 500 sent to hospitals. The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history took place Sunday in Las Vegas, as a lone gunman firing from a window on the […]
Local
Sharpton Visits First Coast For Alzheimer’s Awareness
The Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Center was in the pulpit with Reverend Al Sharpton for the centers Community Alzheimer’s Awareness event held at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. Reverend Al Sharpton, Honorary chair of the African American […]
Greek Life
Hundreds Fed and Educated in Durkeeville by AKAs
This past weekend members of AKA Gamma Rho Omega Chapter hosted a Community Service Event at the Emmett Reed Community Center. The event is one of several activities being held for the community as part of […]
Editorials
The Thrill is Gone
By Julianne Malveaux The Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Forum is always an exciting combination of a policy wonk reunion, a series of issues forums, and the ever-present parties, receptions, and celebrations. Some enjoy deriding […]
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Strengthen Government to Prepare Us for Coming Disasters
by Jesse Jackson We have suffered brutal direct hits. Over half of the state of Florida is without power, in the dark. It is too soon to know what the losses are. Houston, America’s fourth […]
News>National
Las Vegas Shooting Comes Ahead of House Vote on Gun Silencer Bill
By Jason Silverstein, nydailynews.com The Las Vegas shooting that killed at least 58 people came the same week the House is set to pass a bill allowing easier access to gun silencers — which would […]
Editorials
Lawmakers, Civil Rights Leaders Challenge DeVos on Student Loan Enforcement
By Charlene Crowell Civil rights leaders and Capitol Hill lawmakers are standing up and speaking out against a recent Department of Education (DOE) decision to sever its working relationship with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau […]