Editorial
By Delia Houseal-Smith In Wards 7 and 8, our community bears the weight of disinvestment and neglect, resulting in widespread poverty, chronic illnesses, unemployment, and...
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Believe me when I say a change is gonna come! By Cheryl Smith I went home to reunite with classmates, friends, mere acquaintances and...
Some roads have a way of remembering your footsteps. I grew up in Plaquemine, Louisiana, in an America where segregation did not bother to...
I have been a member of a Divine Nine fraternity for a very long time. To be clear, it has been over 50 years...
By Delia Houseal-Smith In Wards 7 and 8, our community bears the weight of disinvestment and neglect, resulting in widespread poverty, chronic illnesses, unemployment, and...
When I want to find out what’s happening in the world, I go on X (formerly Twitter) to see what “Black Twitter” says. My...
“Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you’re growing up, you’re walking down the street, you’ve got to tell everybody good morning....
People working/volunteering where you have to greet people when you don’t feel you have to be courteous or smile! We need you to smile,...
By Julianne Malveaux The late Sen. Dianne Feinstein was my mayor. I’m a native San Franciscan who cut her political chops in my home...
By Kayla Sheriffe What’s special about me? What’s special about me is my hair. My hair holds stories and secrets. It tells the tale of...
By Aswad Walker The student loan repayment pause has come to an end, a reality that promises to make life exponentially more difficult economically for...
The family of an Alabama black man is searching for answers after Steven Perkins was shot and killed by police after a dispute with...
By ReShonda Tate For years, no one has known exactly what happened to the Academy Award McDaniel bequeathed to Howard University upon her death in...
