Dr. Cerina Fairfax. Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen. Shayla Elkins, 5; Kayla Pugh, 6; Layla Pugh, 7; Markaydon Pugh, 10; Sariahh Snow, 11; Khedarrion Snow, 6; Braylon Snow, 5; and […]
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Posted inOpinion
Gun violence is eroding public safety
I want to start this week’s column by validating your anxiety about the state of our country. The violence we see in the morning, noon, and night is not normal. […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion
The State of Black America
A war has been declared in this country. And the fight isn’t just for diversity, equity, and inclusion or for fair economic and criminal justice practices. It’s for the soul […]
Posted inLocal Politics
Jesse Williams: A rising star among new generation of Civil Rights activists
“The burden of the brutalized is not to comfort the bystander. That’s not our job, all right, stop with all that. If you have a critique for the resistance, for our resistance, then you better have an established record of critique of our oppression. If you have no interest in equal rights for Black people then do not make suggestions to those who do. Sit down.”
—Jesse Williams
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State of emergency for Black colleges
Current financial problems facing the storied Grambling State University football program are a sign of funding inequities that are shortchanging students and threatening the very existence of a growing number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
