I could not be more proud of the students at Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) than if I had raised them myself. ... read more »

The movie Django: Unchained caused- and movies on slavery since then continue to generate-mostly negative conversation and commentary, among Blacks. However, it’s mostly talk. No matter how Black people feel about these films, they’re not likely to take Hollywood to task for its distortion of history. ... read more »

Families, who have assembled the necessary financial resources to apply, qualify, and then purchase a home, understandably value that key investment and its accompanying opportunity to build wealth; but buying the home is just the first step of securing the American Dream of homeownership. ... read more »

In this month of heightened homage and increased attention to the life and legacy of Min. Malcolm X, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, it is important to do so placing rightful and repeated emphasis on his commitment to the liberation of our people and all the downtrodden and oppressed peoples of the world, especially the dark peoples of the world with whom he felt a special kinship of shared humanity and interrelated struggles. ... read more »

There was the proposed massive budget cut to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the incessant rhetoric about a rise in crime in the nation, that lacked evidence to back it up; the threats of a renewed war on drugs. ... read more »

The way forward is to embrace an America where our tensions and intentions are not based in what we hope America to be... ... read more »

They promised to replace it with a plan that would cover more people and bring costs down ... read more »

Education should never attempt to stamp out culture but expand student’s exposure to various people and experiences ... read more »

Some people have been great parents others have left much to be desired ... read more »

A Giveaway to Guilty Cops  ... read more »

The main unifying factor in Europe at that time was a uniquely organized political organization, better known as the Catholic Church. ... read more »

We all weren’t blessed with mothers like Clair Huxtable and because of that Mother’s Day can be especially hard ... read more »

Billed as a victory celebration, the White House huddling and hurrahing resembled a death dance for many who see their lives and futures now hanging in the balance. ... read more »

Trump’s time in office so far has been a systematic and vicious assault on civil rights ... read more »

Each Earth Day (April 22), it provides an important opportunity to focus on critical environmental issues ... read more »