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EDITOR’S COLUMN: Songs I Sing When I Miss My Mom
This Mother’s Day will count as the second time that my mother will not be with me — and it…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: America’s Penchant for Guns Borders on Obsession, Not Our Second Amendment Rights
Yes, the U.S. Constitution gives American citizens the right to keep and bear arms. But we do not have the…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: George Floyd’s Soul May Rest at Peace But Many Black Souls Remain Restless
Our cries, our pleas, our prayers for justice have, more often than not. gone unfulfilled, ignored and derailed. Fortunately, this…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: With the Nonstop Focus on COVID-19, Sometimes I Feel Trapped in a Ball of Confusion
If you’re like me, you continue to hope and pray that things will return to "normal." But history shows us…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: If Black Lives Matter, Why is Breonna Taylor Still Awaiting Justice?
If America has truly changed and evolved so that it's now permissible to imagine what America "could be," we cannot…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: I Used to Be Jealous When Champions Gave Their Mothers a Shout — Now I Understand Why
I am amazed at how the ordinary women in my life did such extraordinary things.
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: Notes to a Young Black Warrior and High School Senior — My Grandson Jordon
Somehow, he seems to be keeping a stiff upper lip — my young warrior. But I cannot help but wonder…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: Black History: An Epic Saga Whose Truth Remains Untold
As a proud, card-carrying member of the Black Press for more than 25 years, I have grown to both love…
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EDITOR’S COMMENTARY: I Celebrate Harris as America’s ‘First’ but Lament the Number of ‘Firsts’ That Remain
As Kamala D. Harris took the oath of office on Jan. 20 to become America’s first Black woman, first South…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: Dr. King’s Words Hauntingly Prophetic for an America in Crisis
As we celebrate Dr. King and honor the sacrifice he made for Blacks, our nation and the world, we should…
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