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When the sad news came that John Lewis had succumbed to pancreatic cancer, I found the words, “John Lewis is dead,” hard to say and even harder to accept. The…

By Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham National President, Association for the Study of African American Life and History If Frederick Douglass could see the controversy over the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park…

NNA – Both Houses of Congress have approved and President Trump has signed an extension for applications for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to August 8, 2020.The bill does not…

By Bonnie Newman Davis Dorcas Yaa Yeboah Gyekye traveled from Cambiago, Italy at age 4 to live briefly in Kyebi, Ghana, the birthplace of her parents. They left the West…

By Bonnie Newman Davis Long before Facebook, Twitter, InstaGram and other social media platforms, our refrigerators kept us informed about family, friends, events and special occasions close to our hearts.…

By Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen The minority community’s relationship with the medical and scientific world has not been built upon trust. This is particularly true with African Americans. Brutal and…

By Bonnie Newman Davis We’re well into four months of the COVID-19 virus,  which has caused  more than 115,000 deaths in the U.S. and considerable angst caused by major dips in the stock market, unemployment,…

By J.C. Watts Washington, D.C., city attorney George Valentine was black, brilliant, and fit. But after contracting COVID-19, he became so weak, he had trouble moving and even speaking. When…

By Bonnie Newman Davis For more than three months, American religious leaders have dealt with questions about the deadly COVID-19 virus, which led to closed houses of worship in efforts…

Family Features – When life, or the people in your life, push your limits, the emotional load may feel insurmountable. Making sense of the chaos in your life can allow…