The Florida NAACP Supports a Sustainable Solar Future

The Florida NAACP Supports a Sustainable Solar Future

February 24, 2015

    By Adora Obi Nweze President, Florida NAACP The Florida NAACP has a lot on its plate – ensuring voting rights, calling for improvements to our public schools and making sure another George Zimmerman “standing his ground” won’t result in the senseless killing of another child. And as we

Welcome Back, President Obama

February 17, 2015

By Julianne Malveaux Trice Edney News Wire   President Barack Obama knocked it out of the park during the State of the Union Address. He was strong, progressive, firm, and relaxed. He was almost cocky as he offered a few jokes, smugly announced that he would have no more elections,

Writing is Fundamental

February 17, 2015

  By James Clingman Trice Edney News Wire   The dominance of social media and our never-ending thirst for faster ways to communicate have relegated many of our people to a 140-character mentality, a nano-second way of thinking, and new ways of saying old things. Using letters instead of words

70th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation: A chilling reminder of life-altering tourist stops

February 17, 2015

          By Mac Engel The Star Telegram   The storm clouds rolled in a top of the concentration camp to unintentionally create the “perfect” image of a hell that no one could ever forget. Walking out of the Dachau Concentration camp and looking back to see

The Transformation

The Transformation

January 11, 2015

By Rev. Dr. R.B. Holmes Jr. President/ Publisher Let us thank God that HE has blessed us to almost literally witness the end of 2014. Every year brings its share of crises and celebra­tions. The good news is that we have a Lord and Savior, who promises to be with

A License to Kill Black Men

A License to Kill Black Men

January 11, 2015

By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist From nearly the moment he was attacked by a New York City police officer July 18, the world has, via that chilling video, watched Eric Garner die. Are we now about to see the “traditions” that led to his death and – thus far