Viewpoints

VIEWPOINTS: Mental Health and Reality TV: How society has lost our moral compass

Little did I believe at the time that while attending a clinical psychology class in college almost three decades ago…
VIEWPOINTS: Environmental Racism Exists

Environmental racism is the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color. The lead poisoning of children in Flint…
White House Proposes $9.2 Billion Cut in Education Funding

No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are…
Months After Meeting with HBCU Presidents, Trump Still Giving Mixed Messages on Black Colleges

Repeatedly during his first 100 days, President Donald J. Trump signaled to the leaders and supporters of historically Black colleges…
The Mythology of Voter Fraud

The recent executive order establishing the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity represents yet another veiled attempt to disenfranchise people of…
Advice to President Trump on His First Trip Abroad: The U. S. Must Think Before Reaching for the Hammer

If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The United States has a big hammer: the military, plus…
COMMENTARY: End the killing of black children by police

The time is now for America’s legislative body at the state and local levels to bring a full stop to…
A Gap Year For Struggling Students: One Innovation That Education Policy Makers Should Consider

Each year, my colleagues and I design and implement plans focused on supporting our academically vulnerable students. For schools like mine,…
More than a slogan: Smart is the new black

Listen Donald Trump’s ascendency from fringe Republican candidate to President of the United States of America upset the Republican establishment…
Are school closings better than school take-overs?

The Community SAYS “VOTE NO” APS BOARD OF EDUCATION! Inherent Bias ~ School to Prison Pipeline ~ Institutionalized Racism ~…
Major charity distances itself from donations to controversial groups

A prominent charitable foundation in the South is attempting to distance itself from a controversial network of anti-immigration and population-control…
FCC focused on black, minority empowerment

The incoming chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, understands that the digital divide is not a late-1990s relic…
Facts Still Matter

President Donald Trump shared the below message via Twitter during his first full week in office: “I will be asking…
Planned Parenthood preys on Blacks to ‘control population’

The Washington Post fact checks the GOP presidential candidate's claim about Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood's founder.
Min. Paul Scott/Straight Outta Con Man: Exposin’ the truth about NWA

“Fool me one time shame on you/Fool me twice can’t put the blame on you”  (No Role Modelz)  – J…
Remove Confederate flag and agenda it represents

The savage act of racial terrorism at “Mother Emanuel,” the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., has been met with…
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