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Viewpoint: Adventures On West Washington Street

By Dennis Edwards Editorial Columnist New Journal and Guide If “variety is the spice of life,” then adventure has to be its main course. The kind of exciting...

PHOTOS: Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival

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PHOTOS: Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival

The New Journal and Guide was a proud sponsor of the Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival this weekend. Over 60 of our lucky readers had the...

Portsmouth historic library to receive support under city’s funding

Portsmouth historic library to receive support under city’s funding

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Fifty-two years after it was closed, after Blacks fought and won the right to use the city’s public...

Petitions Submitted For Elected School Board

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide By the end of this week, the group supporting the issue will know if they have secured enough...

New Kroc Center welcomed as Hampton Roads’ community center

New Kroc Center welcomed as Hampton Roads’ community center

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Walk up the new sidewalk that leads to The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center, open the polished...

Sigmas: 1st Black Fraternity to Open its Own Museum

National Headlines

Sigmas: 1st Black Fraternity to Open its Own Museum

By Courtney Jacobs Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The ribbon-cutting ceremony of Phi Beta Sigma’s new museum was one of several events planned for...

African-American Beaches

Arts and Culture

African-American Beaches

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide If you helped push the tab for African-American travel up to $48 billion in the past four years, what...

Part Four: HBCUs and Business Incubators

Black College Beat

Part Four: HBCUs and Business Incubators

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Recently, the New Journal and Guide has examined several success stories that are arising from business incubation centers located...

US foreign policy led to border crisis

National Commentary

US foreign policy led to border crisis

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have been increasingly concerned by the near hysteria in connection with the Central American immigrant children who have attempted to...

A Victory for Affirmative Action

National Commentary

A Victory for Affirmative Action

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Almost lost among the news last week about the war in the Middle East and a war of another kind in...

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Portsmouth historic library to receive support under city’s funding

Portsmouth historic library to receive support under city’s funding

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Fifty-two years after it was closed, after Blacks fought and won the right to use the city’s public library, the bui...

Petitions Submitted For Elected School Board

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide By the end of this week, the group supporting the issue will know if they have secured enough signa...

New Kroc Center welcomed as Hampton Roads’ community center

New Kroc Center welcomed as Hampton Roads’ community center

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Walk up the new sidewalk that leads to The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center, open the polished glass doors, an...

African-American Beaches

Arts and Culture

African-American Beaches

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide If you helped push the tab for African-American travel up to $48 billion in the past four years, what are your vacati...

32nd Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival

Arts and Culture

32nd Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival

NORFOLK The sounds of smooth jazz filled the air in downtown Norfolk Friday, July 18 - Sunday, July 20, 2014. To the delight of attendees, the abundance of music, food and fell...

East Suffolk High Alumni Plan Fundraising Reunion

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide SUFFOLK, Va. Between 100 and 150 former classmates who attended East Suffolk High School from 1939-1965 will meet...

Norfolk Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Celebrating 85 Years

Social and Civic Whirl

Norfolk Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Celebrating 85 Years

On September 20, 2014 at the Marriott Waterside Hotel, Norfolk Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will celebrate its 85th anniversary. The theme for this illustrio...

Hampton Roads 7 Cities Pro-Am Inc. Observes 10 Years

HAMPTON ROADS Join State & Local Leaders for the HR 7 Cities Pro-Am Basketball League 10th Anniversary Walk-a-Thon Event Hosted by the Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center,...

Introducing: The Shadow Epicurean

Introducing: The Shadow Epicurean

By Glen Mason New Journal and Guide Columnist The last time the Journal and Guide had a food and cooking column it led to the cookbook “In The Kitchen with Tidewater’s Own....

Charlotte: Afro-American Cultural and Service Center

Arts and Culture

CHARLOTTE The Harvey B. Gantt Center recently kicked off a yearlong celebration at the Afro-American Cultural and Service Center. The center opened in 1974. It will host three ne...

The Bridge Corner: A Conversation with New Bridge Players

Arts and Culture

The Bridge Corner: A Conversation with New Bridge Players

We hope you have had the opportunity to read and use the six beginning bridge lessons offered here in the New Journal & Guide over the past six weeks. As a follow-up to the bridge lessons, the ...

HU president receives 100 Black Men of America Chairman’s Award

HAMPTON Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey recently received the 2014 Chairman’s Award in Mentoring from the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. during the group’s 28th Annual Confer...

Two Appointed By Governor To Panel

Two Appointed By Governor To Panel

NORFOLK Vice Mayor Angelia Williams and Jim Redick, Director of Emergency Operations and Preparedness have been appointed to the Secure Commonwealth Panel by Governor Terry McAuliffe.&nbs...

NSU is Tom Joyner Foundation’s Selection For September

NSU is Tom Joyner Foundation’s Selection For September

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide The Tom Joyner Foundation has selected Norfolk State University as its school of the month in September. The foun...

NSU Office of Admissions Invites High School Grads. and Parents to Round-Up

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NSU Office of Admissions Invites High School Grads. and Parents to Round-Up

The Norfolk State University Office of Admissions, which is located on the second floor of the Student Services Building, is hosting a meeting, on July 24, 2014 from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.,...

Effie Ashe: 1931-2014

Effie Ashe: 1931-2014

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Funeral services for former Newport News School Board Chairwoman Effie Ashe will be held July 19 at 11 a.m. at Sixth ...

Democratic caucus selects Lindsey to run for 90th in August

Democratic caucus selects Lindsey to run for 90th in August

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Norfolk attorney and substitute judge Joseph Lindsey won the Democratic Party’s Caucus on July 5 to become the nomin...

NSU administrator says university on track with completing audits

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide An official at Norfolk State University (NSU) said the school is in the final stages of completing ...

Atlanta: New Center for Civil and Human Rights

Arts and Culture

Atlanta: New Center for Civil and Human Rights

By Stan Washington Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Voice The newly opened Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta is far more than a place to commemorate or to lea...

Bridge Lessons Presented By The Tidewater Bridge Unit: Lesson 6 of 6

Arts and Culture

Hello and welcome to the Tidewater Bridge Unit’s series of duplicate bridge lessons. Although this is the last lesson in this series, the bridge column will continue in the New Journal & Guide ...

Broadcasters Bestow Honors During Convention

Broadcasters Bestow Honors During Convention

VIRGINIA BEACH The Virginia Association of Broadcasters held its 77th Annual Summer Convention at the Virginia Beach Hilton June 19-21. The Association presented its 2014 Distinguishe...

32nd Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Fest Returns

32nd Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Fest Returns

NORFOLK Jazz lovers and enthusiasts will chill to the sounds of smooth jazz in the serene setting of the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront starting Friday, July 18 - Sunday, July 20, 2014, Tickets ar...

Bring Back Our Girls Community Rally and Prayer Vigil

Social and Civic Whirl

Bring Back Our Girls Community Rally and Prayer Vigil

Dr. Charles Hart, pastor of and the congregation of Mount Zion Baptist Church located on Middlesex Street in Norfolk opened their doors for a “Bring Back Our Girls Rally.” This suc...

Norfolk Links Hold Annual Scholars’ Program

Norfolk Links Hold Annual Scholars’ Program

NORFOLK The Norfolk Chapter of the Links, Inc. sponsored its 28th Annual Salute to Scholastic Stars, June 1, 2014, at The Murray Center from 3 - 5 p.m. This special event is designe...

Howell’s resignation opens special election in August

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Virginia State Delegate Algie G. Howell resigned from his 90th House District seat effective ...

Grassroots drive for elected school boards in Norfolk enters final days of push

Grassroots drive for elected school boards in Norfolk enters final days of push

By Monique Brown Special to the New Journal and Guide A petition drive to get a referendum on the November ballot to challenge Norfolk’s system of appointing the school...

Black candidates won more races than lost around nation

Black candidates won more races than lost around nation

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide African-Americans who are competing for top political posts have won more races than they’ve lost this year. One ...

Ward 3 Councilwoman Enters Ready To Serve

Ward 3 Councilwoman Enters Ready To Serve

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Norfolk’s newest member of city council has belonged to the civic league in the Broad Creek area for over 20 years. ...

Bridge Lessons Presented By The Tidewater Bridge Unit: Lesson 5

Arts and Culture

Hello and welcome to the Tidewater Bridge Unit’s series of duplicate bridge lessons. At the end of lesson #4, the homework assignment covered counting points, opening bids, responding to...

The Braxton family at Hampton Jazz Festival

The Braxton family at Hampton Jazz Festival

By Rev. Glenda P. Murray-Kelly(aka) g paris Special To The New Journal and Guide One would think that all a journalist does it go out looking or chasing after a story line. ...

Hindu prayer opens Virginia’s Portsmouth City Council 1st time in 262 years

Hindu prayer opens Virginia’s Portsmouth City Council 1st time in 262 years

PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth City Council in Virginia (USA), established in 1752, had its first historic Hindu invocation on June 24 evening, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. ...

July 19: Chesapeake grad publishes book, plans book signing

July 19: Chesapeake grad publishes book, plans book signing

Special to the New Journal and Guide CHESAPEAKE Olivia Williams, a 2012 Deep Creek High School Honor Grad, will host a book signing for her first novel All Over Again ... Fo...

50th anniversary for NSU Class of 1964

50th anniversary for NSU Class of 1964

NORFOLK The 1964 Class of Norfolk State University (formerly Norfolk Division of Virginia State University) celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Class members were invited...

SEVAA 2014 “Children in the Arts”

SEVAA 2014 “Children in the Arts”

By Rev. Glenda P. Murray-Kelly (aka) g paris Special to the New Journal and Guide CHESAPEAKE On Saturday, June 28, 2014, at the Chesapeake Central Library, the Southeast...

Democratic Caucus Planned For Sat. July 5th For Vacated 90th District Seat

NORFOLK - The Norfolk Democratic Party has planned a Call to Caucus to determine the party’s nominee to run for the 90th District House Seat recently vacated by former Delegate Algi...

Bridge Lessons Presented By The Tidewater Bridge Unit: Lesson 4

Arts and Culture

Hello and welcome to the Tidewater Bridge Unit’s series of duplicate bridge lessons. At the end of lesson #3, you were given a homework asignment. How well did you do? Are you comfor...

ACT-SO NAACP Area II: Celebrating Youth Excellence; Honoring Adult Leadership

By Rev. Glenda P. Murray-Kelly Special to the New Journal and Guide The cover of the NAACP Area II Act-So Coalition’s program read “Tribute to Excellence Program:...

Africana Virginia Beach 2014 Featuring Funk Fest Returns

VIRGINIA BEACH Africana (ã-fr-ï-kä’na) a three-day festival celebrating family, culture, and entertainment of the African Diaspora returns Friday August 22 through Sunday August...

Project Gear Up! Program At I. C. Norcom High School

Social and Civic Whirl

Project Gear Up! is an afterschool program sponsored by the Urban League of Hampton Roads, Inc. (ULHR), for high school students, held at I. C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth. ...

Councilwoman Ella Ward to Juggle Three Positions Beginning July 1

Special To The New Journal and Guide CHESAPEAKE Chesapeake Councilwoman Ella Ward won her re-election to City Council, was named President of the WDHRC...

Sigmas: 1st Black Fraternity to Open its Own Museum

National Headlines

Sigmas: 1st Black Fraternity to Open its Own Museum

By Courtney Jacobs Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The ribbon-cutting ceremony of Phi Beta Sigma’s new museum was one of several events planned for mem...

Cooling Assistance Applications Now Being Accepted

RICHMOND, Va. With Virginia’s severe summer heat and humidity, staying cool is not a luxury, but rather a health and safety issue. This time of year, indoor temperatures can qu...

Labor Group Withdraws Support Over Koch Gift

Labor Group Withdraws Support Over Koch Gift

WASHINGTON (NNPA) Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has discontinued supplying scholarships to the United Negro College Fund bec...

Immigrant children facing danger will ‘likely’ stay in US

National Headlines

WASHINGTON Immigrant children fleeing dangerous conditions in their countries will likely be given asylum in America, according to White House press secretary Josh Earnes...

Detroit: Water shut offs spark protest

National Headlines

DETROIT Police arrested an estimated 10 people, including several clergy members on July 10, during a protest over city water shut offs, according to the Detroit Free Pres...

Debt Settlement Programs are Misleading

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist You’ve probably heard the advertisements on urban radio urging consumers with at least $10,000 in debt to call a number right away f...

Ida B. Wells-Barnett Celebration observes 152 years of hist…

Ida B. Wells-Barnett Celebration observes 152 years of history

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. The annual birthday celebration of Ida B. Wells-Barnett takes place this week in Holly Springs, Mississippi Friday July 11 through Sunday July 13, 2014, commemorating 152 y...

Remembering Our Senior Statesmen; Marsh Leaves State Legisla…

Remembering Our Senior Statesmen; Marsh Leaves State Legislature

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide As holiday fireworks fade and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act fades, it is easy to forget the advanced a...

Succumbs: Jack J. Green, Publisher, The VOICE

Succumbs: Jack J. Green, Publisher, The VOICE

RICHMOND Jack J. Green, founder and publisher of the Richmond Voice and the Hampton Voice, two member papers of the Black Press, succumbed to chronic lung-related illness on June 26. ...

1935-2012: Remembering Sen. Yvonne B. Miller

1935-2012: Remembering Sen. Yvonne B. Miller

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Currently there are no streets, buildings on any college campus, public school or library bearing ...

St. Paul’s Plan To House Immigrant Children On Pause

St. Paul’s Plan To House Immigrant Children On Pause

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Leaders at St. Paul’s College (SPC) in Lawrenceville have been approached by federal health and immigrat...

“My Brother’s Keeper” Moves Forward

National Headlines

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) Though still in the early stages, President Obama’s special task force on Black and Latino males h...

Memorial Service Held For Poet Maya Angelou in Winston-Salem…

National Headlines

Memorial Service Held For Poet Maya Angelou in Winston-Salem, NC

By Randy Singleton Community Affairs Correspondent New Journal and Guide WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. The late-poet Maya Angelou, one of the 20th century’s most famous Black write...

April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014: Remembering Maya Angelou The Pe…

National Headlines

April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014: Remembering Maya Angelou The People’s Poet

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal & Guide Maya Angelou often recalled the time, as a child when she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend, a man s...

Passes: Raymond H. Boone Richmond Free Press Publisher

Passes: Raymond H. Boone Richmond Free Press Publisher

RICHMOND Raymond H. Boone, Sr., 76, one of the most respected Black journalists in Virginia for the past 56 years, died Tuesday June 3 of pancreatic cancer. Called the “watchdog for t...

Brown v Board Pt. 4: Congress’ backlash delayed onset of sch…

National Headlines

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Outrage over mandated school integration and efforts to deter its implementation began within...

“Surprise” budget item set stage to close ecsu, lawmakers sa…

The North Carolina State Senate passed an amendment to kill a provision of the proposed state budget plan Black lawmakers said was designed to lay the groundwork to close Elizabeth City ...

Part III: Presidential indifference aided non-compliance wit…

National Headlines

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Recently the online News Blog Politico did an extensive study on why the nation’s public scho...

N.C. NAACP files motion to stop voter control law

National Headlines

N.C. NAACP files motion to stop voter control law

DURHAM, N.C. The North Carolina NAACP on May 19 filed a federal lawsuit that is designed to block the state’s voter suppression law from taking effect in the November general elections. A t...

Suit on Virginia’s 3rd District goes before Fed. judges

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Last week a panel of three federal judges heard a case involving a suit claiming Virginia’s Third Congressional Dist...

NUL Report Calls For More Pell Grants

National Headlines

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide A new National Urban League report says African-American college students do not receive significant support from the...

Conference To Support Efforts To Preserve Histories Of Forme…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA The Virginia Interscholastic Association Initiative Team will hold a two-day conference on the campus of Virginia State University on June 19th and June 20, 2014....

Replaces Interim President Miller; Nat. NAACP Selects Leader

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Replaces Interim President Miller; Nat. NAACP Selects Leader

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide The National Board of Directors of the NAACP announced the selection of Attorney Cornell William Brooks to be the or...

NAACP Selection Process Again Mired In Undue Controversy

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NAACP Selection Process Again Mired In Undue Controversy

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) A search firm hired by the NAACP ranked Rev. Frederick D. Haynes, III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Chur...

Cong. Black Caucus Fights to Restore Voting Rights Laws

National Headlines

Cong. Black Caucus Fights to Restore Voting Rights Laws

By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Voting rights continues to be the most pressing issue facing the Congressional Black Caucus, whose members have...

60 Years Ago — Brown vs. Board of Education, Educators plan …

National Headlines

WASHINGTON Members of the National Education Association are marking the 60th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education with a series of public ac...

More Than 80 Virginia Faith Leaders Urge Action on Kidnapp…

RICHMOND More than 80 Virginia religious leaders representing nearly every faith and denomination have signed a joint letter to world leaders, urging them to take more coordinated ac...

Brown Decision: On 60th Anniversary, Schools Still “Separate…

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Brown Decision: On 60th Anniversary, Schools Still “Separate & Unequal” Pt. 1

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide On May 17, the nation will observe the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown Decision which declared “s...

Nigerian Student Appeals To World Community In Midst of Coun…

National Headlines

A Nigerian student studying in Germany has started an online petition to support international intervention in the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls by an extreme Islamist milit...

Ethnic Press Exhibit opens this month at D.C.’s Newseum

National Headlines

WASHINGTON To learn how immigrants and minorities used the power of the press to fight for equality and to shape the American experience, attend a new ethnic press exhibit that will ...

Revised tobacco advertising plan still downplays Black Media

National Headlines

Revised tobacco advertising plan still downplays Black Media

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) A revised plan for major tobacco companies to purchase court-ordered ads that admit they deliberately misled the pub...

Affirmative Action and Voting Rollbacks

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide President Barack Obama was only 6 when the Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Jr. asked, Where Do We Go from Here? ...

Can the NBA Force Out Clippers Owner Sterling?

National Headlines

Can the NBA Force Out Clippers Owner Sterling?

April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg’s Kavitha Davidson and Irwin Raij, partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, examine the potential fallout from racist comments attributed to Los Angeles Clippers o...

McAuliffe continues process to restore voting rights

McAuliffe continues process to restore voting rights

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (Dem.) announced last week he would reduce the time felons convicted of violent cr...

St. Paul’s College: Hoping for best in uncertain future

St. Paul’s College: Hoping for best in uncertain future

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide An auction company in Richmond, a cadre of lawyers and the Finance Subcommittee of the Board of Directors for St. Pa...

Ugandan Youth Goes From Pauper To Chess Champion

(White Plains, NY) Uganda’s Junior chess champion Phiona Mutesi and her coach, Robert Katende are on a 33 day tour of the U.S. to share her inspiring story of chess, education and fa...

NAACP-LDF, NAACP urge marriage equality for gay couples in…

National Headlines

NEW YORK The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the NAACP (two separate entities) have jointly filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Bostic v. Schaefer, a case before...

Black Children Rank Last on Report’s Index

National Headlines

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) Despite great progress that grew out of the Civil Rights Movement, “a web of stubborn obstac...

Women legislators speak on military regulations defaming Bl…

National Headlines

Women legislators speak on military regulations defaming Black hairstyles

By James Wright Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The female members of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote a strongly worded letter to Defense Secretar...

Brooklyn man is exonerated after 24 years in prison

National Headlines

Brooklyn man is exonerated after 24 years in prison

By Dana Gethers Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Brooklyn native Jonathan Fleming, 51, has been exonerated after being falsely convicted of murder in August 1...

Viewpoint: Adventures On West Washington Street
By Dennis Edwards Editorial Columnist New Journal and Guide If “variety is the spice of life,” then adventure has to be its main course. The kind of exciting exploit I’m talking about has nothing to do with bungie…
US foreign policy led to border crisis
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have been increasingly concerned by the near hysteria in connection with the Central American immigrant children who have attempted to enter the USA, fleeing from poverty, crime …
A Victory for Affirmative Action
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Almost lost among the news last week about the war in the Middle East and a war of another kind in Washington between Republicans and President Obama was a bit of good news: A f…
Dogs Eat Better than 1 Million Children
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The South African charity Feed a Child (www.feedachild.co.za/) chose to highlight child poverty in South Africa by portraying a little Black boy being fed like a dog by a seemingly …
Local Voices: Part Two: Political Gaming Under Scrutiny
By Andrew Jackson In most places, an independent candidate or even a third party candidate faces incredible obstacles to even getting on the ballot. A green congressional candidate, for example, has to get large numbers o…
Local Voices: Will there be another Black president after Obama?
By Shedrick Byrd Listening to the Tom Joyner Morning Show on the radio, Tom Joyner asked his audience if they believed we would ever have another Black President in his or his great grandchildren’s or their children’s lif…
Guns cause life to be measured in days, not years
By Walter Fields NNPA Columnist The body count continues to rise as the nation panders to gun zealots and allows the Constitution to be perverted. The family of 12 year-old Genesis Rincon of Paterson, N.J. made the pa…
Republicans’ selective memory on executive orders
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, arguably the most overrated U.S. president in history, there they go again. They, of course, are Republicans in the House of Representatives. An…
Stimulating students during summer
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist It’s mid-July. Do you know if your children are learning? Just a month ago they were eager to leave the regimentation of the daily classroom to “enjoy the summer.” A month from now, many…

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The Pastor's Corner: It’s A Sin, Shame, and Disgrace

Pastor's Corner

The Pastor's Corner: It’s A Sin, Shame, and Disgrace

By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler There you have it. Yes, I said it and let me say it again. “It’s A Sin, Shame, and Disgrace” for millions of Americans to actually hate the Presid...

Seeds of Hope: God’s Word Can Bring Joy to Our Hearts

Seeds of Hope: God’s Word Can Bring Joy to Our Hearts

Sir Walter Scott was a prominent novelist and poet whose writings were well known, respected and read throughout the world. As he approached death he called for his son-in-law and said, “Bring me t...

Inspirational Message: The Substitutionary Work of Jesus Chr…

Inspirational Message

Inspirational Message: The Substitutionary Work of Jesus Christ

The Old Testament prophecies of Christ, His birth, life and death have provided us with many of His substitutions for our own sins. Isaiah 53 can show us so much about the life of Jesus ...

Part One: Health Reform − God’s Health Prescription

Submitted by Dr. Vivian Anderson Today, we hear so much about the Obama Care Health Reform but not truly realizing that our Heavenly FATHER has a Health Reform given ...

Forward Thinking: Freedom is Not Free

By Pastor E. A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass throu...

1921-2014: The Ordinal, “Bishop Harold Ivory Williams”

1921-2014: The Ordinal, “Bishop Harold Ivory Williams”

By Rev. Glenda P. Murray-Kelly (aka) g paris Special to the New Journal and Guide July 4th is the day that we in America celebrate our Independence. The weather w...

The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword: The Importance of Time

By Imam Vernon M. Fareed When you reflect on the lifestyles of the typical individual in America you will probably come away concluding that the human beings life is ...

Pastor's Corner: “Death Is Cold”

Pastor's Corner

Pastor's Corner: “Death Is Cold”

By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler Greetings! Certainly after approximately eight years of writing these “Pastor’s Corner” columns, by now you who are my regular readers ...

Inspirational Message: Jesus’ Sacrifice as A Friend!
Many sacrifices have been made by us for family and friends. To give life, earnings, time or love as a sacrifice is all that we can do as humans. Jesus Christ’s sacrifice was what God required for our sins. He gave His life so that we c…
Rebecca's Well: Evangelizing the Heart Brain©
This article reports the new research of neurocardiologist Dr. J. Andrew Armour of the University of Montreal, who first introduced the concept of a functional heart brain in 1991. In this 19-page technical monograph, Dr. Ar…

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