Last week, Bloomberg Businessweek magazine released its latest issue to much-deserved uproar and outrage. On its cover, the magazine featured Jim Crow-esque caricatures that portrayed people of color as money hungry and implicitly suggested that they will cause a future…
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Be responsible during Spring Break
by William T. Robinson, Jr. •
During the month of March, colleges and public schools (Pre-K-12) have been involved in a much-needed academic break or recess referred to as Spring Break. This break may be anywhere from a week to two weeks, but it is a…
Keep Section Voting Rights Act 5
by Marc Morial, NNPA Columnist •
Last updated on March 18th, 2013 at 10:19 am“I risked my life defending that right. If we are ever to actualize the true meaning of equality, effective measures such as the Voting Rights Act are still a necessary requirement of…
Highway Patrol Troopers recognized for outstanding service
by Gov. Bill Haslam •
The men and women of the Tennessee Department of Safety do an outstanding job of protecting our citizens every day. The department recently recognized several that have gone above and beyond the call of duty last year, including Nathan W.…
Understanding public education
by William T. Robinson, Jr. •
We have many students who are academically adept and can be compared unabashedly to their achieving peers nationally when rated on standardized and national tests. This can be attributed basically to parents who have personally guided their children, making sure…
If she had had a gun…
by Todd Steven Burroughs •
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — We all know those words from Martin Luther King on April 3, 1968—almost as well as we know the climax to the ‘I Have A Dream Speech.’ The ones about the difficult days ahead he won’t…