Editorials
So the “N” Word Does Have Power – To End a Career
by Reggie Fullwood I am as guilty as any other Generation X black male – I grew using the word “Nigga” or the “N” word as a term of endearment of sorts. No big deal […]
Articles by Staff
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Jaguar Linebacker Says Pro Athletes Shouldn’t Charge for Camps – He’s Right
by Reggie Fullwood One of my grandmother’s favorite bible verses is from the Book of Luke, “To whom much is given, much will be required.” Pretty self explanatory, but it basically means that we are […]
National
117-year-old Jamaican Violet Brown Becomes the World’s Oldest Person
By Namrata Tripathi, International Business Times After the death of the Italian woman Emma Morano, who held the title of the world’s oldest person, Jamaican centenarian Violet Brown, aged 117, is now the oldest person […]
National
Massachusetts Court Dismisses 21,000 Drug Cases After State Chemist Falsified Evidence
By David Love, Atlanta Black Star In what is being described as the largest single dismissal of wrongful criminal convictions in U.S. history, a Massachusetts court has dismissed over 21,000 drug-related cases after it was […]
Business
The Many Lawsuits and “Sins of Wells Fargo Bank”
NNPA By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper Intergovernmental Affairs Contributing Writer During the last 10 years, a reported 109 lawsuits have been filed against Wells Fargo Bank covering 43 […]
Education
FAMU App Challenge Rewards Top Student Techie Innovators
Technology wizards partnered up to show off pure creative science and the benefits of collaboration at the AC3, the 2017 App Challenge sponsored by the Division of Research at Florida A&M University. The event continues […]
Entertainment
Sylvia Moy, Motown Pioneer and Stevie Wonder Collaborator, Dies at 78
Songwriter Sylvia Moy in her Masterpiece Studios in Detroit in 1995. (Photo: Pat West, Detroit Free Press) By Brian McCollum , Detroit Free Press Songwriter and producer Sylvia Moy, who helped spark Stevie Wonder’s career while […]
Editorials
Don’t Be a Radio Activist
by James Clingman “Well done beats well said every time…When it’s all said and done, much is said and little is done.” There are many Black folks who can tell us what “we need to […]
Editorials
In a Victory for Voting Rights, Texas I.D. Law Struck Down a Fifth Time
by Marc Morial “No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. […]
Editorials
A Reversal of Fortune
by Dr. Faye Williams I’ve been left to wonder which hurts more. Does it hurt more to have a disappointment occur without expectation or does it hurt more to be able to anticipate a disappointment […]