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Why we need diversity programs

ANDRE CARSON -
Attempts to erase Black identity and history predate colonization and slavery, but recently, some ideologues and elected officials have doubled down on attempts to...
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Book bans & public libraries

HEAVYN LESTER -
"They be our national treasure / they be / our priceless charge" (A Dark and Splendid Mass 47-48) are the lingering words of Mari...
Community Voices

Banks addressing Black business debt aversion is good business and good for city

MARSHAWN WOLLEY -
Addressing debt aversion due to poor relationships between banks and the Black community is good for banks and the city.   The Biennial Black Business...
Community Voices

In a small town

LARRY SMITH -
Around the time of Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia (1676-1677), the word “white” appears in a legal document for the first time in our history...
Opinion

Effective today

HEAVYN LESTER -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP0FISeD-8M What have you walked away from? Author Zora Neale Hurston once said, "I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in...
Opinion

Forget being strong

HEAVYN LESTER -
I’m laying here in bed, on a gorgeous Friday afternoon, sipping water with lime and twiddling my toes. Blaring on the tv is a...
Opinion

What are we doing wrong?

LARRY SMITH -
A few weeks ago I wrote about some of the concerns that I have regarding my teenaged son. Despite those concerns, I have every...
Opinion

Till (Till you do right by me…)

HEAVYN LESTER -
We entered hushed, our eyes spoke, and with our heads, we greeted hello. Old friends broke the silence by introducing children and grandchildren. Blacks...
Community Voices

Not another Tyrone

CAMIKE JONES -
Juel Taylor’s film “They Cloned Tyrone” debuted on Netflix on July 21. More than a film, this was a powerful in-depth exploration of the...
Community Voices

The benefits of slavery

LARRY SMITH -
Misinformation is information that is proven to be inaccurate, even though the disseminator might not be aware that it is. On the other hand,...
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