As I write this column, there are two stay-at-home orders in effect in..
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Millions of unbanked consumers may wait weeks for stimulus checks
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold with…
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To be equal
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government …
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Blackonomics
A Coalition-building is the best way for Black people to make the kind of progress we need to make in this country, especially when it comes to economic empowerment. Some have posited that Black people are swiftly becoming obsolete.
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Reality Check
The illuminating lead in a recent, front page article in The Washington Post, headlined “A New Divide In American Death,” stated the following:
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Rejecting the Freedom to Discriminate
It was not so long ago when one of the most powerful justifications wielded in support of the American practice of segregation was religious belief.
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I need my father
As an Afro-American grandfather, I now understand that fatherhood is a privilege, not simply a right. I realize that being a father is an institution, professorship of trust, culture, and emotions attached to DNA. There is no question that each child born is entitled to a living, breathing father to provide that link to the greater world.
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The Adventures of CI-7
There was a black and white Japanese cartoon show I used to watch as a kid called The Amazing Three. These were three talking animals that were actually space aliens sent to see if Earth was going to be a problem to their planet and other worlds, and if so, be destroyed. For reasons that I can’t figure out why, even now, the three aliens, officers in fact, who can alter their appearance with their, you know, alien science, chose to appear as a duck, rabbit and horse. They drove around—the rabbit must have driven—in a giant tire-shaped vehicle called, yep, the Big Wheel. I remembered none of this. I had to look this up on Wikipedia.
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Change comes when change is demanded
The 50th anniversary of Lyndon B. Johnson’s declaration of a war on poverty brought long overdue attention to his commitment. Today, with one in five children in America still raised in poverty, an accounting is vital as part of a renewed commitment.
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Proposed tobacco settlement excludes Black media
The U.S. Justice Department and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund have reached an agreement with the four major tobacco companies that requires them to spend more than $30 million in advertising with the three major television networks and run full-page ads in 35 White and Hispanic newspapers as well as purchasing space on their respective websites, but not make a single purchase from a Black print or broadcast media company.