Black America

July 14, 2019 July 15, 2019

Democrats Dilemma

by Paul King Jr.

Blues legend Bobby Bland often played a tune called Keep it a Secret. It has to do with a married man and his outside…

July 3, 2019 July 3, 2019

Reparations

by Dr. Hermene Hartman

Africans were stolen from African shores to arrive in America in 1619. For hundred years later we still fight for citizenship rights. In the…

June 19, 2019 June 19, 2019

Why Juneteenth? – By Delmarie Cobb

by Contributor NDIGO

Every so often I go looking through my files for an old article to see if it’s still relevant. The following column appeared in…

June 5, 2019 June 5, 2019

Manhandling

by Dr. Hermene Hartman

It is unbelievable that old white southern men are passing restrictive legislation on abortion. Why, you’d think? The white population is shrinking. Women are…

May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019

Talking Legal Weed With Rep. Sonya Harper

by Dr. Hermene Hartman

To legalize or not to legalize marijuana is the question for the state legislators in Illinois. Governor JB Pritzker is ready to sign Senate…

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019

Zora & Langston

by Paul King Jr.

Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal By Yuval Taylor Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (March 26, 2019) Hardcover: 304 pages,…

May 1, 2019 May 1, 2019

Mikki, The Photographer

by Dr. Hermene Hartman

This is graduation time and I want to tell you about my friend Michelle “Mikki” Agins, who is being honored with a Doctorate of…

April 23, 2019 April 23, 2019

We Should Stop Saying “People of Color” When We Mean “Black People” – By Joshua Adams

by Contributor NDIGO

I understand why people in society use the term “people of color”: it replaces the outdated term “colored people” with one that is more…

April 17, 2019 April 17, 2019

What Would John Johnson Do Today?

by Dr. Hermene Hartman

The iconic Johnson Publishing Company, home to Ebony and Jet magazines, the Ebony Fashion Fair and Fashion Fair Cosmetics, filed for bankruptcy last week,…