By Dr. Rebecca R. Rivka As Personal Power is intensified, children become calmer, more loving and kind, show respect, receive better grades and a host of...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A recent report that New York City Police Department may have spied on Al Sharpton as he prepared to protest...
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I still have not gone to see the movie, The Help. I read the book and that was enough for...
VIRGINIA BEACH Less than a week after his great voice suddenly went silent, Bishop Barnett Earl Thoroughgood was laid to rest last Friday (Feb. 10). Two...
NORFOLK Sunday (Feb. 19) is NSU Day at Shiloh Baptist Church, beginning at 10:45 a.m. “This is always a high energy-packed day when students, faculty, and...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder’s plan to build a United States National Slavery Museum not far from the nation’s...
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist During Black History Month, the focus is often on individuals. The founder of the month (once Negro History Week) was...
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis NNPA Columnist Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s recent statement, “I’m not concerned about the very poor … We have a safety...
By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler This is the second and final part of “Game On” which I began writing last week in this newspaper. It...
By Gladys McElmore Isabella Baumfree, an African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist, was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped in 1826....
