By Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist May 29, 2015 Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. / It’s had tacks in it, / And splinters, / And boards torn up, / And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare. / But all the time / I’se […]
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Urban Renewal Is About Urban Removal: Part 2 – The Tale of Two Cities
By Rahim Islam April 3, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from Urban Renewal Is About Urban Removal: Part 1 Wherever you see large numbers of Black people in any one area, you will find a large population of those living at/near poverty. There are two Chicago’s, two Philadelphia’s, […]
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Message to the Black Community “We Must Take One Step At A Time”
By Rahim Islam March 27, 2015 Rahim Islam I, along with over 10 – 15 others, have been working very hard to advance this movement that we call the Milwaukee Community of Leaders (MCOL). We have been working hard in the trenches building the foundation that we pray will be able […]
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When Did the Black Community Stop Dreaming?
By Rahim Islam March 20, 2015 Rahim Islam “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly,” wrote Langston Hughes. One of the greatest men that the world has ever known is the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. author of […]
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Urban Renewal is About Urban Removal: Part 1
By Rahim Islam March 13, 2015 Rahim Islam Where you start matters! For the Black community in America the economic start has been so disproportionate and bankrupting that so called “ghettos” and the Black community go hand-in-hand. This has created an accepted stigma of inferiority about Black people and Black neighborhoods. […]
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To Be Equal: Rhetoric of Race at the Crossroads of Police Reform
By Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist March 6, 2015 “Much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias… We all – white and black – carry various biases around with us. I am reminded of the song “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” from the Broadway hit, Avenue Q: ‘Look around and you […]
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Democrats Still Searching for Winning Formula
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist March 6, 2015 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel just got spanked. Despite a campaign war chest of more than $15 million and the support of President Barack Obama, the former Congressman and White House chief of staff could not avoid a run-off in the non-partisan election. Garnering 45 […]
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DuBois and Trotter: My Civil Rights Heroes
By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist February 27, 2015 George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist In the interest of full disclosure, I have been a W.E.B. DuBois fanatic since my teenage years in Tuscaloosa, Ala. I have a healthy collection of books by and about DuBois, including David Levering Lewis’ two-volume biography of […]
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God Made Man in His Own Image, Why? Part 4
By Rahim Islam February 20, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from last week Sir John Newton, famous Christian hymn writers, was a slave trader. He wrote “How sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” and “Amazing Grace.” The name of one of the most famous British slave vessels was “Jesus.” The Christian […]
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God Made Man in His Own Image, Why? Part 3
By Rahim Islam February 13, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from last week Man has abused his position by portraying himself as the God and has led man down a poisonous path that supports hate of other humans and the destruction of the earth. We hear about the ultimate friction between […]
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