April 28, 2016
Cover Story
Editorial Board
In 2016, even with a Black man in the White House, the United States is no closer to ridding itself of the racial caste system that built it than it was 150 years ago. The progressive community needs to show up, now.
This week, there were more primaries. Earlier trends continued with Hillary Clinton getting more Black votes than Bernie Sanders. As a Black Bernie Sanders supporter, it…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
It is only after his death that the public truly begins to understand the full extent of Prince’s contributions to the community. Prince’s activism goes back decades, and extended far beyond the social justice themes in some of his music.
It is common that when Black artists ascend to superstar status, many in the general public forget they are Black. This is most certainly the case…
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Commentary
Columnist
Woven into the fabric of his music were the jewels of his brilliance. The mere embedding of urban dialect into the King’s English sparked wonder and bewilderment in me.
I am among the millions of Americans who found themselves shocked and grief-stricken over the passing of music legend Prince last week. He was more than…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
I suppose we have to reconcile ourselves to progress at a snail’s pace, to symbolism, not substance. Still, the image our economic freedom fighter on the twenty-dollar bill will be inspirational for all of us, especially for the young people who don’t know all of the sordid details of our history of enslavement.
When Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced that Harriet Tubman would grace the new $20 bill, my heart sang hallelujah. Additional changes to the currency were also…
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The African World
Editorial Board
Harriet Tubman is the revolutionary face that we need on the currency today and the revolutionary face we will need on the currency when there is a a fundamental, and progressive social transformation of this territory known as the United States of America.
I am not known as a fan of capitalism, but i must say that i am thrilled by the announcement that Harriet Tubman’s picture will be…
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Commentary
Columnist
There appears to be a crisis in educational values in that students in majority-minority, as well as majority, low-income New Jersey school districts are viewed as expendable and not deserving of the necessary resources to avoid being pushed into the school-to-prison pipeline.
Last Monday, the Trenton Board of Education issued 236 layoff notices to professional and paraprofessional educators. It appears that school board president, Jason Redd, and Mayor…
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Commentary
Columnist
It is an old story, this aid and “gifts” from the rich neighbor. There is always some reason for it and the reason usually has something to do with helping a corporation or big business in the U.S. maintain profits.
Haiti’s poor farmers. They eke out a living growing peanuts as one of the crops that will grow well and that the local farmers can earn…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
“If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself.
I’ve spent years in an urban “Black n’ Brown” school district, arguably the worst between LA and KC. Of course the schools are economically segregated and…
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