Education

Educating the Kids Nobody Wants

By Kevin P. Chavous After giving a recent education reform speech in Georgia, a thirty-something man approached me to discuss my views on the increasing school expulsion rate for kids, particularly boys of color.  He […]

News

Mississippi Judge’s Speech To 3 White Murderers

The Mississippi Link Newswire What follows is the speech by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves that he read to the three young white defendants right before he sentenced them for the death of James Craig […]

Columns

Black History Month – A Time to Know Who You Are

As a very young boy, I would love to wake up on Saturday mornings and watch Tarzan starring Johnny Weissmuller. The programs were all re-runs from the 1930’s and 40’s and they featured the main […]

Education

The Way Forward for Black Students

By Honorable Peter C. Groff  For good reasons many African Americans have wonderful memories of their time in public schools. Among those recollections are the family and community legacies, the favorite teacher and the lifelong […]

Opinion

Rickey L. Cole: What Democrats stand for

To the Editor, It goes without saying that there is a great deal of division in America today.  Many of us lament those divisions, and we worry about the damages wrought by the often-bitter conflicts […]

Editorials

My thoughts about Ferguson

By Bishop Ronnie Crudup No doubt the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri will go down as one of the top stories of 2014. It is a story which has captured the attention of […]

Business

Can space industry survive 2 explosions in 4 days?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiery failures are no stranger to the space game. It’s what happens when you push the boundaries of what technology can do, where people can go. And it happened again to Virgin […]