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A Plea for votes
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, was National Voter Registration Day. In honor of National Voter Registration Day, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,...
Sep 24, 20242 min read

Entertainment Icons James Earl Jones and Tito Jackson Helped Shift Perception of Black Culture and History
"I look at it this way: anybody can carry a picket sign, but I think you should be able to articulate what that sign means … Don’t get me...
Sep 23, 20242 min read

Saving the World as a Path to Prosperity
“Made in the USA” is a tagline that should apply to every major piece of the clean energy economy. It is within our grasp. But we need to...
Sep 20, 20244 min read


Who Told The Better Lies During the Presidential Debate?
Howard Eagle is a longtime educator and local anti-racism advocate, known for his campaigns for the Rochester school board and prolific...
Sep 14, 20242 min read


School Shootings and Parental Accountability
This time it occurred in Winder, Georgia. Another school shooting with an assault-style rifle, more “thoughts and prayers” and another...
Sep 11, 20244 min read


Trump Falls Apart
I rarely think of Irish poets, but I could not help thinking of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) as I watched the 45th president unravel...
Sep 11, 20243 min read


Republican Party Attempts to Strike 225,000 Voters from North Carolina Election Rolls
A group of civil rights organizations announced Sept. 5 they are challenging a lawsuit by the Republican Party, which seeks to deem...
Sep 9, 20243 min read


The Disenfranchised Voter
My name is Lydia Alston-Murphy, and I am a political editorial writer for the Minority Reporter. I will be writing thought provoking...
Sep 5, 20242 min read


Abandoned Babies and the Mothers Emotional Health
Crack babies sometimes became border babies abandoned at the hospital by parents who could not care for them. For months, hospital...
Sep 3, 20244 min read


Kamala Harris’s Chicago Convention and Illinois’ Unique Place in Civil Rights History
The modern civil rights movement hit a new peak last week in Illinois. It marked the movement coming full circle, in a way, back to the...
Aug 30, 20244 min read


Sometimes We Laugh; Sometimes We Cry!
During the past week, many of us were glued to our televisions. The National Democratic Convention was going on in Chicago. There was a...
Aug 26, 20243 min read


What Was Wrong with Michelle Obama’s Much Praised Speech at the DNC
So, Michelle stole the show, and a show it was, on the second night (8/20/24) of the Democratic Party's National Political Convention. It...
Aug 26, 20245 min read
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