By Nathan Hardin, Special to the NNPA from The Fayetteville Observer January 23, 2015 Ben Chavis (Courtesy Photo) PEMBROKE, NORTH CAROLINA — Civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis kicked off a week-long Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in Pembroke on Friday by saying a civil rights movement is of greater need in […]
100 BLACK MEN OF MADISON: Inspired By The Dream
By Graham Kilmer January 23, 2015 In New York City, 1963, the nonprofit organization The 100 Black Men, was born out of the tumultuous struggle for civil rights in black communities across the country. It was the same year that Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on […]
The Hunting of Billie Holiday
By Johann Hari January 23, 2015 Billie Holiday (AP Photo/HO) From his first day in office in 1930, Harry Anslinger had a problem, and everybody knew it. He had just been appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics—a tiny agency, buried in the gray bowels of the Treasury Department in Washington, […]
Taking a Shot at HPV: How Vaccinating Against Human Papillomavirus Saves Lives
By St. Mary’s Hospital January 23, 2015 The HPV vaccine is proven to prevent strains of the virus known to cause several forms of cancer, including cervical cancer. Sponsored By: Also see below: What is Human Papillomavirus? and Quick Vaccination Facts Cancer touches everyone. But, an important tool in the fight against […]
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God Made Man in His Own Image, Why? Part 1
By Rahim Islam January 23, 2015 Rahim Islam If you stare out into the universe and take in the sun, moon and the stars; watch the rivers flow and the world’s (three quarters) awesome seas and oceans; admire the highest and most majestic mountains and the energy, minerals, and natural resources […]
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The larger Issue Ignored
By Srijan Sen January 23, 2015 Every now and then a nation experiences dramatic social change due to internal or external conflict. Countries like Russia, France, South Africa, Germany, India and China have gone through historical change through public introspection and overhaul of domestic and foreign policy. Smaller nations currently undergoing sociopolitical change […]
New Approach for Affirmative Action
January 23, 2015 Continued from last week… In Cashin’s article on affirmative action published in the PRRAC journal, she concedes that, “Fewer African Americans may enter elite institutions under an affirmative action system based on structural disadvantage rather than under race-based affirmative action.” However, she argued that the social costs of racial-conscious […]
Deal Breaker?
By Heymiss Progress January 23, 2015 Dear Progress: How do you handle it if your kids do not like the man you are dating? Would you stay with him or would you let him go? Dear Reader: There are many factors to consider. First and foremost take your kids concerns […]
Larry Wilmore Takes Over Stephen Colbert, Becomes Only Black Anchor At Late Night
January 23, 2015 In this Monday, June 10, 2013, photo, Larry Wilmore accepts the best talk show award for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ Invision/AP) (YIBADA) — Larry Wilmore is all set […]
HBCUs Divided Over Free Community College Plan
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent January 23, 2015 Howard University Campus WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Black college educators and supporters are sharply split over whether President Obama’s proposal to offer a free two-year community college education to students making progress toward earning an associate or bachelor’s degree would hurt are harm […]