Second Choice Matters: Biden’s VP pick and Election 2020
by Barrington M. Salmon WASHINGTON—With news that Joe Biden is days away from choosing a vice presidential candidate, talk has centered on whether he should...
Black volunteers, Black fears and the Covid-19 vaccine trials
The question of the summer raging through Black American communities is whether it is wiser to use social distancing and other measures and wait...
Cities brace for more federal agent deployments
Cities across the country including Cleveland, Detroit, Baltimore, and Oakland are targets for President Donald Trump’s round two deployment of federal agents under the...
‘We survived, now it’s time to thrive’ Perseverance and passion to become doctors in Cuba
Surviving the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, Cuba, has been a seven year-long process for Maryam and Ruqayyah Farrakhan. Maryam, 29,...
‘The Math Doctor’ offering online math classes for students!
CHICAGO—Shahid Muhammad, affectionately called “The Math Doctor,” has taught math on all grade levels including the college level, for the past 39 years, via...
The president’s man and an attorney general ‘unfit’ for office?
WASHINGTON—There is now widespread consensus in the legal community here, that in his more than 500 days in office, William Barr has conducted himself...
Hajj: A journey of the heart
Hajj, which normally draws millions of Muslim pilgrims to Mecca and Madinah for the annual gathering, this year in the midst of a global...
Buy Black! Local initiative aims to strengthen Black businesses
CHICAGO—The Black Mall is helping Black-owned businesses stay afloat by hosting the “Black Business Crawls” initiative every Saturday in August. The Black Mall is an...
A community betrayed and ‘justice has not been served’ Black St. Louis County prosecuting attorney fails to charge killer of Mike Brown Jr.
ST. LOUIS—As the tragic August 9 anniversary of the death of Mike Brown Jr. approaches, it also serves as a grim reminder of how...
Black volunteers, Black fears and the Covid-19 vaccine trials
The question of the summer raging through Black American communities is whether it is wiser to use social distancing and other measures and wait...