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We are in an era where truth doesn’t matter.
The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing his best to upend precedent and policy, as he…
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If we board Flight 1619, are we willing to leave behind the 400-plus years of building and contributing to the DNA of what makes this country the U.S.?
Numerous Back-to-Africa movements in the U.S. have sought to return enslaved Africans to the Motherland to resolve the problem of racism. Jordan E. Cooper’s tragicomedy “Ain’t…
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Altadena Fire: Real stories from affected communities tell a sad story. Some were warned, others weren’t.
The Coleman family moved to Altadena, CA, in 1969. The house they came to call "home" became the hub of warmth, love, and security to the…
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I know that the struggle against racism that King talked about is only legitimate if I am also fighting anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, and classism - not only out in the world but also in myself.
MLK Day 2025 marks the 40th holiday observance. The theme, “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence365,” is challenging in this…
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In his short one-term presidency he made a difference.
As our beloved 37th President’s body made its way from Plains, Georgia to Atlanta to the US Capitol to lie in state, tens of thousands of…
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In 2005, an Advocate reporter asked him why he had no problem with gays and lesbians like many Christians. “I’m a worshipper of Jesus Christ, who never mentioned homosexuals in any way - certainly not in a deleterious fashion,” Carter replied.
Jimmy the Baptist Carter grew up as a Southern Baptist and was the first U. S. president to announce unabashedly he was a “born again” Christian.…
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“I want to be remembered as a woman who dared to be a catalyst.” Dared. Catalyst. Audacious words for an audacious woman.
November 30 was Shirley Chisholm Day in New York, and it’s about time New York, the nation, and indeed the world, celebrate this Black woman, the…
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From time to time, when I need a Nikki Giovanni fix, I’ll read some of her poems or listen to one of my scratchy albums to hear the lyricism in her voice talk to me.
On the evening of December 9, I read about the death of legendary poet and educator Nikki Giovanni while searching for something on the Internet. What…
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The epidemic is heavily concentrated in urban enclaves like Detroit, New York, Newark, and Washington, D.C.
Dec. 1 was World AIDS Day. The international theme for 2024 was “Take the Rights Path: My Health, My Right!” The World Health Organization (WHO) wants…
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This is a time of celebration for you - celebrating an anniversary of a beginning for the white man in America. A time of looking back, of reflection. It is with a heavy heart that I look back upon what happened to my People.
When Frank James (1923 - February 20, 2001), known to the Wampanoag people as Wampsutta, was invited to speak by the Commonwealth of Massachusettsat the 1970…
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