Reality Shows Demean Black Women – By Stella Foster
byYou guys know I do not post articles as much as I used to since retiring. But I happened to catch an episode of…
Perspectives
“Just Mercy” A Poignant Film On Black Incarceration
byIt was slavery that gave America an abiding fear of Black people and a taste for violent punishment – a twisted inheritance that continues…
Supt. Johnson Not To Blame For Chicago Crime
byCrime in Chicago is a problem. We have one of the highest crime rates in the country. No neighborhood is safe and sound. Crime…
At Last: The Hideous Truth About Slavery
byAfter my third visit to the slavery exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. recently, I was reminded…
The 1619 Project
byThe August 18th issue of the New York Times Magazine dedicates itself to slavery with The 1619 Project, featuring profound, investigative reporting style articles…
Mood N’DIGO – Putting Our Paper To Bed
byOne day Julieanna Richardson, who created the HistoryMakers, called me and asked what was I doing with my almost 30 years worth of N’DIGO…
The Mysterious Jeffey Epstein Saga
byJeffery Epstein, the wealthy pedophile, allegedly killed himself in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York over the weekend. He was being held without…
America Is In A Dangerous Place
byFirst they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the…
Getting Older
byThis is a funny column that is real. My 98-year-old mother tells me that getting older is a treat…given the alternative. So here are…
Democrats Dilemma
byBlues legend Bobby Bland often played a tune called Keep it a Secret. It has to do with a married man and his outside…
Why Juneteenth? – By Delmarie Cobb
byEvery so often I go looking through my files for an old article to see if it’s still relevant. The following column appeared in…
We Should Stop Saying “People of Color” When We Mean “Black People” – By Joshua Adams
byI understand why people in society use the term “people of color”: it replaces the outdated term “colored people” with one that is more…