Opinion

My father once said that “you get the government you deserve.” His words are resonating in a scary way. He was talking about nations where people allowed leaders of questionable intentions, character and morals to take over and become dictators. The statement was not meant to describe United…

Nestled within the vibrant streets of Overtown, Miami's most economically challenged neighborhood, lies Red Rooster, a restaurant that has garnered both praise and controversy. With the backing of a substantial $1 million grant from the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), Red Rooster was e…

In the old days, the United States government would issue travel advisories to American tourists about dangerous countries overseas. But a travel advisory about the Sunshine State was recently issued by the NAACP, America’s oldest and most respected civil rights organization, for good reason.

Community colleges are uniquely positioned to support their local communities with pathways to economic and social mobility. But a recent report draws attention to a decline in Black college students, particularly at community colleges, which enroll over one-third (36%) of Black students ent…

I have heard men talk about when their attitudes about women changed, and usually this revealing moment comes when they found themselves looking into the eyes of their firstborn daughter. It’s like the moment the Grinch has in the Christmas movie, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The Grinch…

My maternal grandfather was Haitian. I didn’t know him well – he died when I was about 6. I don’t remember whether he smoked a pipe or a cigar, but I remember the smell of smoke clinging to him on the few occasions I sat in his lap. I remember him trying to teach my siblings and me a few pat…

When most people think of Joe Biden for president again, they think Geritol.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a war on “woke,” which to me means a war on young people, Black people, the queer and transgender, women, books and even the Black History AP exam if it mentions anything negative about white people, particularly as it relates to slavery and discrimination.

There’s been a growing concern in recent years about the persistent achievement gap between low-income students and their peers. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, low-income students are less likely to perform well academically and are less likely to graduate from hi…

“Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” – 1 Samuel 3:9

The fact that power is meant to be shared and every voice is meant to be heard is the beauty of democracy. The failure of democracy is not the system itself, but the people who we put into the system.

Donald Trump is up in the polls against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis among likely Republican presidential election voters in a Wall Street Journal poll, with Trump getting 51% to DeSantis’ 38%. Trump’s favorability rating among all Americans is 34% and 68% among Republicans. And within two week…

In one week, numerous lives were irrevocably impacted by gun violence in separate instances. As a nation, we’ve sadly become desensitized to such headlines in many ways, but these crimes are shocking beyond measure for their brazen and unnecessary use of force.

When I was growing up, I had certain childhood heroes: Martin Luther King Jr., Mohammed Ali, Pelé, Hannibal and Thurgood Marshall. To show their liberality, Republicans replaced Marshall when he retired from the Supreme Court with his antithesis, Clarence Thomas.

The Tennessee General Assembly’s expulsion of two African American lawmakers duly elected by their constituents, while sparing a third who happened not to be African American, signifies a dangerous subversion of our representative democracy, the most precious thing we have in this country.