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WHAT’S GOING ON The Black Music Month question of the year: What’s up with all the sexually explicit language and

50TH ANNIVERSARY By Ron Scott While the United States has acknowledged June as Black Music Month since 1979, it is

By Bishop Reginald T. Jackson On Tuesday, April 20, faith leaders called for a nationwide boycott of Home Depot, not

By Randal Pinkett, PH.D., MBA; Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, BCT Partners; Jeffrey A. Robinson, PH.D.; Academic Director, The Center for

By Esi Kagale Agyeman Gillo Everyone speaks of the need for economic empowerment in the Black community-—the need to obtain

By Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and President of FPWA,an Anti-Poverty and Advocacy Organization committed toEconomic Opportunity and Upward Mobility. There

REV. DAVID JEFFERSON, SR., ESQ. GUEST EDITORIAL For nearly 60 years, Blacks have been the most reliable Democratic voting block

By R.L. Witter After nearly a year of anxiety, pain, tears, and righteous anger, I stood in my living room

By R.L. Witter Watching the Derek Chauvin trial for the killing of George Floyd is not easy. Many of us

By RL Witter The year 2020 was undoubtedly one for the history books. Around the world, nearly everyone and everything