Category: Commentary

It’s overtime for us to fight outward and build inward. Fight outward – protest, protest, protest. Build inward - strengthen our connections, work more collaboratively, and when folk like Dr. Bunche and Dr. Hayden are threatened, prepare to clap back.

Fruit like strawberries, blueberries and avocados are imported from Mexico. Energy products are imported from Canada.

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The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. This is the press, an irresponsible press. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

Should we fund our own oppression by patronizing a company that has turned on us?

Looking out of her window, she asked her mother, “why is our government attacking us?”

Black love has always existed despite obstacles to prevent it.

In the absence of an inclusive environment, the quality of journalism suffers. Certain stories are simply not reported, or are told without the nuance or perspective the circumstances require.

February is Black History Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.…