April 24, 2025
Cover Story
Editorial Board
He was an advocate for immigrants, stating in 2024 that those who knowingly and intentionally harm immigrants are creating a “grave sin”.
Leaders, said the Pope, must hear “both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor”. Pope Francis was a spokesperson for the least…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Children and adolescents with exposure to nature benefit from increased physical activity and fewer health problems, a more positive mood and emotions, and lower psychological stress.
We must consider getting back into green spaces to restore our wellness. The stressors of daily life - whether financial, social, racial or otherwise - take…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
A number of HBCUs barely treading water are particularly in danger of being subjected to the intense pressure this administration could or would apply.
Ample sighs of unrestrained relief frantically cascaded throughout multiple segments of the higher education community upon Harvard University’s refusal to capitulate to the Trump administration’s demands…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
It was a methodical and calculated plan that began with character assassination, disinformation, amplification of their missteps and bad decisions, then engaging other opportunists and misguided Black folks to fan the flames.
Missouri was a slave state, so most enlightened people consider it to be more Southern than Midwestern. Then there’s the infamous Dred Scott case in St.…
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