The Gantt Report – If you’ve got to believe in something, why not believe in me? All of my life I have felt that people didn’t believe in me. No one thought that a child that grew up in housing projects and in impoverished Atlanta neighborhoods could attend college, get multiple graduate degrees and work […]
City Councilman Kwanza Hall, AIM for Youth, & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Host Back-2-School Day
Atlanta – Residents of Atlanta City Council District 2 will have yet another chance to get free back to school supplies before the first day of class for city students. Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall, AIM for Youth, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding will host a “District 2 Back-2-School Community Kids Day” […]
Black Enterprise Announces Plans for 40th Anniversary Celebration
NEW YORK – BLACK ENTERPRISE, the nation’s premier business and wealth building resource for African Americans today announced elements that will form the brand’s 40th anniversary celebration. Starting with the August 40th Anniversary collector’s edition of Black Enterprise magazine, BLACK ENTERPRISE will roll out a series of editorial features, live events, new products, and promotions […]
Obama on Kagan: ‘This Is a Good Day’
ABC News’ Yunji de Nies and Sunlen Miller Report: Standing in the East Room with incoming Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, President Obama declared it “a good day.” The President joked that while the former solicitor general “may be feeling a twinge of sadness about giving up the title of ‘general,’ a cool title, I […]
Clarity and the New Black Panther Party
In its coverage of the Philadelphia voter intimidation case, conservative media has unfortunately chosen sensationalism over clarity. There are layers to this case to be explored that might highlight the idealism of the right and expose the pessimism of the left. Unfortunately, those layers of exploration are not as sexy as the continuous video loop […]
Silence Can Be So Loud
by Raynard Jackson – What is amazing about the confirmation hearing of Elaine Kagan for the Supreme Court is not the loud rancoring coming out of the Republican Party, but the deafening silence coming from the radical left—especially within the Black and Latino communities. Their silence speaks so loud. When will the Black community become […]
Derek DeGrate, Brother Of JODECI’s DeVante And Dalvin, Releases Debut Album, “The Other Brother”
Derek DeGrate Releases New Album, Brother of DeVante and Dalvin of the Multi-Platinum R&B Group, JODECI. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 /2SPR/ – DeGrate is the surname of the family that has brought new flavor to the music industry for decades. Now Derek DeGrate steps out with a solo project, also featuring the production of Dalvin […]
Today’s Black Man
By Lucius Gantt – Now is the time for all Black males to come to the aide of their families and their communities. Now, more than ever, it is crucial for Black men to come together, to stand up and to speak out about the issues that impact our lives and the lives of our […]
Republicans are the Mecca of Hypocrisy
Here we go again. We Republicans are supposed to be the party of the rule of law, smaller government, and individual freedom. But every time I turn around, I am confused by the hypocrisy our party will display for political expediency. The most glaring example of this in recent time was the case of Terri […]