By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D., President Emeritus Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio, I find it all too interesting that the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would surface from this White House. King […]
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The loss of Title IV funding would drastically affect around 80 percent of the student bodies at HBCUs and would have a consequential negative impact on the future of these vital institutions of higher education. Endowments at HBCUs pale in comparison to those at the U.S.’s top ranked colleges and universities, with the overall endowments at all the country’s HBCUs accounting for less than a tenth of Harvard’s. The gap in funding between PWIs and HBCUs isn’t just because of smaller endowments, it’s also because state lawmakers keep funds off HBCU campuses – in North Carolina, for example, legislators awarded N.C. State an extra $79 million for research while N.C. A&T – the nation’s largest HBCU – was given only $9.5 million. […]
By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. This is a question that is so ridiculous for even asking. We know the answer is a resounding no. What could the former president offer Black men like me […]
By James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D. The uncertainty about President Joe Biden’s bid to get another four years in the White House had reached a boiling point. Day and night, operatives were talking about the […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, The preamble to the US Constitution says: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the […]
By Kenya Zardaman-Ramirez, Contributing Writer, The 1950s were a dark time for the black man in America. Back then, the black man – an important yet oppressed worker responsible for facilitating this nation’s economic framework […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Biden reminded the audience of a little more than 100 people – down from an anticipated 900 because of the pandemic – that Trump called fallen military members […]
Dr. Cedric O. Buckley, Special to The Mississippi Link, In a world that seems eerily turned upside-down, I find myself alone in my thoughts some days. Even as a trained molecular virologist of over 20 […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, Since the onset of COVID-19, voter registration in the United States has decreased by a whopping 90 percent. Additionally, more than 18 million voters have been purged […]
By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. Founder and President of Rainbow PUSH Coalition In the last week, President Donald Trump suddenly reversed two major decisions. He announced he would not begin mass deportations of those who […]
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