Guest Editorial by Kevin C. Peterson In a country that has elected the first African-American president, is there really still a need for Black History Month? For some within the black community the question is rhetorical: the foregone conclusion being that dedicating a month solely to Afro-American history is essential to preserving a collected knowledge read full article


Guest Editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe Robert Champion, Jr.??s murder may never be solved. Those who struck the fatal blows may never disclose whether they used the guise of hazing as an accidental homicide to cover up an intended hate crime. Champion was an unusual student to be at one of the Historically Black Colleges read full article


Guest Editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe I am proud to count myself among the many people working for social justice today who stand on the shoulders of Martin Luther King, Jr. Too many people think King’s statements regarding justice are only about race and the African-American community – thus excluding the LGBTQ community. But King read full article


President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcome home troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and thank them all for their service. December 14, 2011.  Their remarks (reposted here from whitehouse.gov) follow the video. MRS. OBAMA:  Hello, everyone!  I get to start you all off.  I want to begin by thanking General Anderson for read full article


Thousands converged on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Sunday October 16th for the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial.  The dedication will be remembered as a historic event as King is the first African-American to be honored with a statue on the National Mall.  The event featured performances by Aretha Franklin read full article


Guest Editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe In a supposedly post- racial society one would think that the n-word was buried and long gone with it troubled eras of race relations in this country. But as American novelist William Faulkner wrote in his 1951 novel Requiem for a Nun, “The past is never dead. It??s not read full article


If Elmo from Sesame Street doesn’t make you smile, you got issues…  Here’s the trailer from a very interesting and insightful film about Kevin Clash, the man who brings Elmo to life.  The film rolls out nationally on October 21st.


President Obama presented his plan for job growth to a joint session of Congress on September 8, 2011.  While the rate of unemployment for the U.S. population as a whole stands at 9%, the unemployment rate for African Americans has held steady at a dismal 16% for months. Highlights from the President’s proposal: First, it read full article


President Obama thanked the American people for their contribution to the debt crisis resolution on the evening before he signed S.365 into law.  The transcript of his remarks after the passage of the bill follow the clip below: “…since you can??t close the deficit with just spending cuts, we??ll need a balanced approach where everything read full article


Guest Editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe While I will continue to argue that the African American community doesn??t have patent on homophobia, it does, however, have a problem with it. And Tracy Morgan, comedian and actor on NBC??s “30 Rock,” is another glaring example of the malady. During a standup performance this month at the read full article