Last February, I was heading out to Los Angeles to be a part of the annual State of the Black Union event that featured some of the greatest members of our generation of black Americans. From the ...

Tavis Smiley’s recent criticisms of the Obama administration’s failure to directly address the concerns of the black community has caused an uproar among black leaders. The Tavis haters are out in ...

*Tavis Smiley –This election year, one of the hot button issues is the minimum wage. The “Fight for Fifteen,” as it is called, began in New York City on November 29, 2012, when over 100 hundred fast ...

The motherland: Taking off ; "The ax forgets, the tree remembers" ; "Frailties and faults" ; "I do not care to dance" ; Living history -- Voices: Reentry ; What's in a name? ; What's in a word? ; The ...

Yes, this is about police, and racism, but it's also undeniably about guns "Too many fellow citizens are subjected to injustice almost daily" The talking points have been many, varied and often wrong.