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Love and responsibility are keys to the Covenant

Tavis Smiley’s “The Covenant With Black America” has been out a couple of years and it, along with the the companion book entitled “The Covenant in Action,” is a must read if you are interested in grass roots change. As many of you will recall, Tavis Smiley had a talk show with Black Entertainment Television some years […]

May 13, 2008

Good health as a priority in the black community

If you don’t have your health then you don’t have anything is an expression that I have heard for many years. As I grow closer to eating free in some restaurants, I am paying closer attention. Reports suggest that black people get sick more often and die sooner. While some would groan, I think it […]

May 12, 2008

In Memory of One Black Male Educator

Hello. My name is Emmett L. Gill, Jr., and I am an assistant professor at the Rutgers University School of Social Work. I might be what you consider a non-traditional academic – I study the intersection between sports and society, I am relatively young (below 40 in dog years), and I am a black male. […]

May 11, 2008

African American teacher numbers need improvement

How do you become what you want to be? When you ask children what they want their life’s work to be, you will hear a variety of answers. They gain their perspectives obviously from a lot of sources. Parents, grandparents, other love providers, coaches and teachers are just a few of the resources that kids […]

May 5, 2008

Banning Affinity Groups Shows Lack of Understanding

An Arizona Legislative Committee has amended a state homeland security bill to state, in relevant part, “A public school in this state, a university under the JURISDICTION of the Arizona board of regents and a community college under the JURISDICTION of a community college DISTRICT in this state shall not allow organizations to operate on […]

April 28, 2008

From Today’s Edition

After years of lobbying for more federal aid and visibility, predominantly Black colleges and universities — many of them located in northern cities — are gaining a greater foothold in Washington. These colleges, which enroll large numbers of Black students but are not historically Black institutions, will divide $15 million over two years through […]

April 27, 2008

From Today’s Edition

Despite feverish efforts by presidential candidates to grab voters’ attention, they, along with public opinion polls and mainstream news coverage, have largely ignored Asian Americans so far, several political scientists say. “It’s kind of annoying,” says Dr. Andrew Aoki, associate professor of political science at Augsburg College. “It gives Asian Americans a feeling of […]

April 22, 2008