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Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a Black man saw the Florida primary election from a different lens and surprised everyone with a historic victory.

COMMENTARY: There is A Black Wave Sweeping across the State of Florida

The fight for the soul of the Democratic Party starts with the unification, mobilization, and organization of the base. Gillum is a bold powerful voice for...

James A. Washington is a father, husband, Christian, writer, entrepreneur and the owner/publisher of the Dallas Weekly.

Commentary8 years ago

Spiritually Speaking…

Have you ever been betrayed by someone in whom you had total trust? Have you been able to totally trust another person since? You can see...

With 40% of Americans supporting the president’s rhetoric and policies, America remains extremely divided. (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary8 years ago

OP-ED: Donald Trump Gives Himself an “A+” For His Time in Office

Maybe Trump has forgotten that his ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight felony counts, and Michael Cohen, the president’s lawyer plead guilty on...

Rev. Williams referenced black-on-black crime, said single mothers are incapable of raising sons alone and proclaimed that black America has lost its soul and it’s “now time for black America to come back home.”

Commentary8 years ago

COMMENTARY: Criticism of Rev. Jasper Williams Follow His Remarks at Aretha Franklin’s Funeral

Saying his subject was “Aretha the Queen of Soul,” Rev. Jasper Williams of the Salem Bible Church in Atlanta gave the audience gathered for Aretha Franklin’s...

Austin R. Cooper is the President of Cooper Strategic Affairs, Inc.

Austin R. Cooper8 years ago

COMMENTARY: Old Soldiers Never Die

The nation mourns the passing of another giant, Sen. John McCain. McCain died nine years to the day when America lost another icon, Sen. Ted Kennedy,...

Commentary8 years ago

Mourning Kofi Annan, Remembering Ron Walters

Kofi Annan made his transition in August. The seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, he worked up from the lower ranks (starting at age 24) of...

Community organizer Shirley Sharp hands out bags of books and school supplies at the Milwaukee Times table to attendees of the Northwest Funeral Home Back-to-School Book Bag Give-a-Way on Saturday, August 25, 2018

Commentary8 years ago

OP-ED: The power of positive community action

MILWAUKEE TIMES — Many local businesses have viewed back-to-school season as an opportunity to reach out to the community which helps them prosper and give back...

Commentary8 years ago

COMMENTARY: The Abuse Won’t Stop Until We Change Police Culture

THE PASADENA JOURNAL — Baltimore, a city already under a federal consent decree to reform its police department after a Justice Department investigation into the 2015...

Photo of John McCain during an interview, April 24, 1974. Collection of the Library of Congress. Photographer: Thomas J. O’Halloran.

Commentary8 years ago

COMMENTARY: John McCain, Character Without Equal

THE POST NEWSGROUP — Mr. McCain was the embodiment of courage: a war hero who came home on crutches, broken body, permanently disabled, but not in...

Bill Fletcher, Jr. is the former president of TransAfrica Forum. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and at www.billfletcherjr.com.

Bill Fletcher Jr.8 years ago

COMMENTARY: Trump and South Africa

There are certain things about the Trump administration that never cease to amaze me. It is not just that they get their facts wrong. It is...

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego and Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento co-creators of AB 931

Black Voice News8 years ago

Call to Acton: Lawmakers Need to Hear from Community on Police Shootings

BLACK VOICE NEWS — Police brutality continues to plague Black and Brown communities and interactions that would otherwise be mundane and uneventful for other Californians often...