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The Envelope Please: Your Guide to the Oscars
by Kam Williams Who Will Win, Who Deserves to Win, Who Was Snubbed 2018 was a banner year for black cast films, including BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther, Green Book and If Beale Street Could Talk. Might […]
Open Letter: To The Citizens of Hinds County and Beyond
My name is Tyrone Lewis and this letter is another step toward regaining something that was maliciously taken from me: my good name and reputation. From 1983-2015, I served you as a Jackson Police Officer, […]
Justice served for former Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis
By Othor Cain, Editor, “I stood up against lies to reclaim my good name and reputation in this community,” said former Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis, after a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled in […]
Commentary: Justin Fairfax deserves a fair hearing
By Frederick H. Lowe, TriceEdneyWire.com, Justin Fairfax, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, has asked the FBI to investigate allegations by two women that he sexually assaulted them. The alleged assaults, which occurred years earlier, were […]
Deep Roots
Book Review by Kam Williams Deep Roots How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics by Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell and Maya Sen Princeton University Press Hardcover, $29.95 296 pages, Illustrated ISBN: 978-0-691-17674-1 “Despite dramatic […]
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
Film Review by Kam Williams WWII Vet Plays Hero Again in Campy Action Adventure Every now and then, a film turns history on its head. For example, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter made over $100 […]
State of the Union: Trump calls for ‘choosing greatness’ as black leaders say his ‘racist rhetoric’ overshadows hope for change
By Hazel Trice Edney, TriceEdneyWire.com, President Donald B. Trump’s 2019 State of the Union speech, delivered Tuesday night, following a government shutdown that left many people irreparably damaged, was taken in stride by African Americans […]
Abrams blasts Trump, McConnell for ‘Power Grab’ A\after State of the Union Address
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Stacey Abrams may not be the governor of Georgia, but she did make history Tuesday, Feb. 5. After patiently waiting in the wings as President Donald Trump used 90 […]