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Was Jussie Smollett’s Crime the Fact That He’s Gay and Black?
Jussie Smollett is breathing a lot easier these days, saying he feels “vindicated” after prosecutors did an about-face and dropped all charges against the “Empire” star Tuesday, March 23 — nearly five weeks after he first told Chicago police that he had...
read moreEDITOR’S COLUMN: Every Fight Ain’t Worth Winning — Just Ask Mo’Nique, Thrown Under the Bus by Pal, Steve Harvey
It may be trending news already replaced and forgotten on social media but the facts undergirding the recent onscreen brouhaha between Steve Harvey and Mo’Nique are reminiscent of a truth that has existed since the dawn of modern civilization: when...
read moreEDITOR’S COLUMN: The Detroit Riot — My First Lesson in Racism 101
July 23, 1967, has long become one of those days that I will never forget despite the fact that I was only 7 years old at the time. Why? Because it was the beginning of five days of destruction in my beloved hometown of Detroit when Blacks finally said to the city’s...
read moreEDITOR’S COLUMN: Why I Always Dreaded Those Childhood Trips to Alabama
The election for Alabama’s seat in the Senate has been resolved. And in what many see as a stunning upset, the Republican candidate, the highly controversial Roy S. Moore, has lost as an ominously dark cloud hovered over his head alleging his numerous sexual...
read moreEDITOR’S COLUMN: Trump Campaign, Rhetoric Unleash Ignoble Rise of Angry, White Nationalists
During his run for the White House, Donald Trump went after and secured the votes of millions of white citizens, clearly angered after enduring years of what they described as suffering and a decline in their once-heralded privileged racial status because of a...
read moreEDITOR’S COLUMN: When Mom Doesn’t Recognize Me — I ‘Tie a Knot and Hang On’
I would have never believed that there would ever come a time when my mom, who I’ve always described, whenever asked, as my best friend, No. 1 fan, personal “shero” and one who’s loved me unconditionally without hesitation or regret for my entire life, would look upon...
read moreEDITOR’S COLUMN: My Superwomen — Unsung ‘Sheroes’ Whose Accomplishments Rival Michelle Obama’s
Social media has gone ballistic with tweets and retweets of a little Black girl photographed looking at a recently-featured painting of former first lady Michelle Obama at one of the District’s museums. Standing before the portrait, the child seems almost mesmerized —...
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