February 15, 2024
Commentary
Editorial Board
America is a great Nation because we choose to learn the good, the bad, and the full truth of the history of our country - histories and truths that we must preserve and protect for the next generation. - Joe Biden
Did you know that Black History Month was once Negro History Week? The first Negro History Week was established on February 7, 1926, by Dr. Carter…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
In the last year or so, some 40 anti-DEI bills have been introduced across the country targeting higher education institutions.
In the not-too-distant past, Diversity and Inclusion positions were not taken seriously. Corporations, universities and the government used the offices or lone officer to check the…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
the thought of Du Bois having written a romance novel didn’t fit the image of the man I learned about in college.
This Valentine’s Day, I paid homage to W. E. B. Du Bois’s 1924 novel, “Dark Princess,” because it highlights the least talked about subject then and…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Cash bail is racist. No wonder the GOP loves it and is relying on expanding it as a cynical election-year ploy.
Most Americans have not considered “cash bail” as critical to equality and freedom. The term is an esoteric one but is increasingly central to the ongoing…
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