Opinion

NEW YORK – “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” Luke 12:48 The above scripture was […]

Senator Edward M. Kennedy was a voice for the voiceless. He was passionate about health care, about children, about education. He understood poverty and often spoke of it. The fact that he touched so many […]

In case you have missed it, there has been a battle royal over health care reform in the House of Representatives, but the main one has taken place within the Democratic Party between the 80-member […]

Black Folk Must Advocate for Health Care Reform Congress seems to be putting the final touches on health care reform legislation, arranging to provide health care, especially, for the uninsured. Anyone who has made the […]

When it was announced that President Obama, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. and Police Sgt. James Crowley would hold a beer summit in the White House, the suds tag lines began flowing. They included […]

He built Ameri-ca from the ground up with a few tools, his bare hands and by the sweat of his brow. While doing so, he was repeatedly whipped, lynch-ed, falsely accused and castrated. Even now, […]

To understand the best traditions of African-Americans today is to know the history, principles, and productivity of train porters in the United States since 1868. Following the American Civil War, many African-American men, newly freed […]

I hate to say it but LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan and I don’t care how many championship teams Michael played on. No doubt, Michael Jordan was an awesome offensive and defensive player […]

Hunger is the body’s call for nutritional sustenance. The Infinite within us knows just what the body needs to maintain optimal health.  When the body is calling for sustenance, it is calling for the replacement […]

We need a stimulus plan to preserve and expand historically black colleges. If the federal government can come up with rationalizations for bailing out Wall Street, making sure there is No Bank Left Behind and […]