by State Representative Leon D. Young This week, we commence the celebration of Black History Month. We owe an eternal debt of gratitude to Dr. Carter G. Woodson for his diligence and hard work. Because of his lifelong endeavor to chronicle Black achievements as a serious, scholarly undertaking, the month of February is designated as […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
It Is All Functional Unity –It Is All About Organizing
Universally Speaking Message to the Community Brothers and sisters, we have work to do and no one will do it for us. If we are to achieve what we want, we have to earn it. Earning it requires taking one step at a time. There are no shortcuts. We cannot erase our reality of being […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
Standing on Sacred Ground
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Three unarmed Black men encountered a group of White men walking down a dirt road in Slocum, Texas on July 29, 1910. Without warning, and with no reason, the White men opened fire on the Black men. And for two days White men simply slaughtered Black people. Eight […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
A Hopefully Constructive Letter to the Bernie Sanders Campaign
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist To the Campaign: I am writing as a concerned Sanders supporter. I am thrilled that the campaign has caught on as it has. Senator Sanders has raised many of the issues that need to be raised, which are generally ignored by the political establishment. He is correct […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
Reflections on Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Universally Speaking We Must Defend His Leadership with Actions – Part 2 Only sixty years removed from emancipation, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia to a “middle” class Black family. He was the son of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Dr. […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
U.S. Black Chamber Expands its Reach, Influence, and Voice in 2015
by Roger Caldwell NNPA News Wire Columnist Black business is growing and the Black community is not aware of its influence nationally and globally. Group economics and Black business is not discussed very often together in the Black community and this is the reason the Black community is suffering. According to 2015 Urban Institute report, […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
White Anger is the New Black
by Lee A. Daniels George Curry Media Columnist Have you heard? Apparently large numbers of American adults are “angry” about their own circumstances and about where they think the country is headed. For months, numerous politicians, pollsters, and pundits have touted this anger as an important factor in the line-up of who supports who in […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
Black Love and Unity: The New Normal
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Houston Forward Times If ever there was a time we needed to turn back the hands of time and return to a place where there was a strong sense of Black love and Black unity – that time is now. I remember growing […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
Reflections on Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Universally Speaking We Must Defend His Leadership with Actions – Part 1 As we continue to honor the birth of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and head into Black History Month, we must truly reflect on Dr. King’s life, sacrifices and leadership in the pursuit of freedom, justice and equality for all of humanity, […]
EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
The African American State of the Union
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist While millions of people across the United States and throughout the world will continue to affirm, discuss, or respond in various ways to the last State of Union by America’s first President of the United States who is an African American, there are still priority issues that […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 138
- 139
- 140
- 141
- 142
- …
- 165
- Next Page »