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…
How to Be a College Student in the Middle of a Global Pandemic By Madyson Fitzgerald When colleges let out for spring break, no student could have predicted the possibility…
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…
How to Make a Career Change By Elijah Thomas The COVID-19 pandemic has left many professionals searching for new roles. Some have been laid off or furloughed and are in…
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.…
Self-evaluation can help you present the best you By Jerry Green Know Yourself Finding the right job takes more than luck and tenacity. Sure, hard work is a requirement for…
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Face Novel Challenges for the Upcoming Fall Semester By Madyson Fitzgerald Facing a lack of funding from the government and an expected decrease in fall…
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…