What black people can do now
By JEFFREY SWAIN Black people are too gifted to let one election hinder our progress. We’ve survived slavery, segregation and suppression. Nothing has stopped us. …
I am ashamed of Cubans in Miami
By JEFFREY SWAIN While I was in Atlanta a few weeks ago, Fidel Castro died and Cuban Americans poured into the streets to celebrate – …
What President Trump means to African Americans
By JEFFREY DEAN SWAIN Donald Trump is now President of the United States of America. Black Americans are not afraid of him but they are …
As simple as black and white
It is different being black in America. Nowhere is this more evident than in law enforcement’s response to the armed militiamen held up in the …
Justice Scalia Affirms the HBCU Mission
To those of us working at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Justice Antonin Scalia’s remarks that blacks would do better at “less advanced” universities …
We’ll always have Paris
The outpouring around the world for the loss of life in Paris has been tremendous. Without trepidation, the people of Paris have defiantly returned to …
On Ben Carson and black Republicans
I have always been proud of Dr. Ben Carson and admired his Christian faith. However, I am at a loss for his puerile statements during …
The federal government and blacks
Were it not for the federal government, neither blacks, women, First Nations People nor other minorities would enjoy their present quality of life in America. …
More gun violence
Nothing can bring America together like a mass killing. Our latest murderous focal point is Umpqua Community College in Oregon. It’s sad that it takes …
A Pope with Hope
I was genuinely touched by the actions of Pope Francis in America because he dared to say out loud what most citizens know – that …