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Dismantling ‘separate but equal’ is unfinished business

October 16, 2023

David W. Marshall As a sitting vice president, it remains to be seen if Kamala Harris will eventually follow the political pathway of Joe Biden and ultimately ascend to the highest office in the nation. Harris, who graduated from Howard University in 1986, has already made history by becoming the

UAW auto workers will get a fair deal only if they fight for it

October 16, 2023

Jesse Jackson At least 12,700 United Auto Workers Union (UAW) workers have walked out in the first strike wave against the Big Three automakers – GM, Ford, and Stellantis (the company that took over Chrysler). Every worker in America – union and non-union, young and old, female and male, Black,

Tamika Mallory, warrior queen

October 16, 2023

Julianne Malveaux Some people first saw civil rights activist Tamika Mallory when she was one of four leaders of the 2017 Women’s March. Her activism hardly began there. From her teen years, the now 43-year-old activist was part of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. In 2013, she became NAN’s

There has always been class warfare

September 29, 2023

Julianne Malveaux The United Auto Workers and the Big Three automobile manufacturers – Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis haven’t been able to agree on worker compensation, and no wonder. The UAW leader, Shawn Fein, is fiercely committed that workers should be better compensated and should recoup some of the concessions

New generation of leaders

September 29, 2023

David W. Marshall Michael Jordan is arguably one of the best professional basketball players in the history of the NBA. Among his many accomplishments during his illustrious career, Jordan was Rookie of the Year, five-time NBA MVP, six-time NBA champion, six-time NBA Finals MVP, and NBA Hall of Fame inductee.

It’s our time, Tallahassee

September 29, 2023

Jamie Van Pelt I love Tallahassee. Chances are good that many of you reading this also love Tallahassee. I’d even go so far as to say that our neighbors who berate our community on social media comment threads love Tallahassee, too. If we can start with that basic understanding, then

FAMU joins Florida LambdaRail to set stage for 100G internet connectivity

September 29, 2023

Robert Grillo By Andrew J. Skerritt FAMU Office of Communications Florida A&M University has accepted an invitation to join the Florida LambdaRail Board of Directors, setting the stage for a tenfold increase in campus wireless connectivity and research capacity. With its elevation to board member, FAMU intends to establish a 100Gbps

Protecting a way of life and the planet

September 29, 2023

Ben Jealous The Sacred Place Where Life Begins. That’s what the Gwich’in people call the coastal plain of Alaska where they live. The Porcupine Caribou on who the Gwich’in have relied for tens of thousands of years for their subsistence way of life migrate hundreds of miles each spring to

Biden needs a reparations commission for 2024

September 29, 2023

Kamm Howard Mr. President, the call for justice in America is at a historic high. This current call for justice is founded squarely on the issue of Reparations. This is an American call for justice – not only has it been identified as the major issue by Black Americans via

Against the Grain II

September 29, 2023

Deion Sanders is winning more as a mentor than as a coach Vaughn Wilson By now everyone knows the multi-billion dollar industry of college football has been turned on its ears by the emergence of Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders. The Pro Football Hall of Famer who began coaching in late