Editorial Reunited after 50 years Believe me when I say a change is gonna come! By Cheryl Smith I went home to reunite with classmates, friends, mere acquaintances and... Texas Metro News6 days ago
Editorial Our Voices: We Have Walked This Road Before Some roads have a way of remembering your footsteps. I grew up in Plaquemine, Louisiana, in an America where segregation did not bother to... Texas Metro NewsAugust 15, 2026
Editorial FAITHFUL UTTERANCES: What’s in Your Harvest? As a kid, I remember seeing massive crops as we traveled outside of my hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. I was always baffled of how... Froswa' Booker-DrewMarch 25, 2022
Editorial WAKE UP AND STAY WOKE: Who Would Have Believed It? By Dr. E. Faye Williams From the silly to the sublime, to the serious, faster than the mind can cogitate, our societal norms are... March 25, 2022
Editorial QUIT PLAYIN: Beah Richards…A Jewel! Abeni Jewel Haynes is a name you should probably note for future reference. Someday, the stage and screen will be hers to command in... Vincent HallMarch 25, 2022
Cheryl's World MY TRUTH: To Lose a True Friend The past two years have been challenging to say the least! As someone who has always believed that death was a process that we... Cheryl SmithMarch 23, 2022
Editorial OUR VOICES: Celebrate Women by Adjusting Lady Justice’s Blindfold By Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC), House Majority Whip Lady Justice is an iconic symbol of the American judicial system. In one hand, she... March 18, 2022
Editorial QUIT PLAYIN’: That Other Pledge! The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (as it was initially called) was founded in Oakland by Chairman Bobby Seale and Defense Minister Huey P.... Vincent HallMarch 18, 2022
Editorial OUR VOICES: Black History, Black Print and You By Dr. John E. Warren Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the work he left behind certainly makes the case today for the study of... March 18, 2022
Editorial FAITHFUL UTTERANCES: God isn’t surprised…and you shouldn’t be, either We live in a world that is fraught with conflict and mean-spiritedness. A friend shared a situation she encountered: A lady she did not... Froswa' Booker-DrewMarch 18, 2022
Editorial The Black Card: BIG MAMA SAID: Blessing are like boomerangs. You have to send them out to get them back! By Terry Allen One of the greatest lessons taught to me from Lucille “Big Mama” Allen’s playbook became a common saying in the family.... Terry AllenMarch 17, 2022
Cheryl's World MY TRUTH: Can you overcome? As I sat home alone — multi-tasking, cleaning, writing and returning phone calls; I turned on the television to TV One and watched the... Cheryl SmithMarch 16, 2022