Michael Jordan has long been criticized for his failure to use his voice to speak out on social matters. Just this past Friday the New York Times published an opinion piece on the announcement that Charlotte would no longer be the host of the 2017 NBA All-Star game, saying the opportunity represented, “For Michael Jordan, […]
New Ebony Editor-in-Chief Kierna Mayo oversaw the August issue of Ebony Magazine which has the provocative cover line “America Loves Black People,” but on the…
Former NBA Baller Charles Barkley recently did an interview with a Philadelphia radio station when he revelaed what he calls a “dark secret in the black community” “We as black people are never going to be successful, not because of you white people, but because of other black people. When you are black, you have […]
Ladies and gentleman there are just some questions that the black community are tired of answering and hearing. Being the great people that we are…
Oh boy! Don Lemon didn’t just step in it, he forgot to clean it off his shoe and got it all over the house! On his CNN Broadcast yesterday Don addressed the conversation of race. We can’t even think of a way to introduce what he said other than […]
By Raynard Jackson, NNPA Columnist: I was flipping through the TV channels last week and came across one of Spike Lee’s best movies, School Daze. This was…
In a new book, “How Facebook Killed the Church“, author Richard Beck argues that our new connectivity online is not necessarily a good thing for organized religion.
