Opinions
A call to Bernie Sanders and Cornel West on reparations: ‘Black People can’t wait!”
A call to Bernie Sanders and Cornel West on reparations: […]
Month: May 2019
Opinions
Fake news about energy, clean and dirty
I used to listen to Freakonomics, an interesting podcast, until it called nuclear energy clean and nonpolluting. I haven’t listened to any since. I really don’t appreciate fake news and junk science. […]
Opinions
Day of bad memory
Day of bad memory […]
Business
State Housing Finance Agencies Boost Hopes for Finding Affordable Homes, Apartments
According to Stockton Williams, executive director of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), in 2017 alone, state HFAs provided $28 billion to finance affordable homeownership for more than 152,000 households, 26 percent of which were minority-headed households. […]
Religion
Biblical silence about slavery leaves lasting questions today
‘By the mid 19th Century, the majority of slaves had been introduced to Christianity, although most still could not read the Bible based on illiteracy and the fact that in several states in the Deep South, the White aristocracy discouraged Black persons from meeting in prayer. In 1832, the Rev. Charles Colcock Jones published the book “How To Make A Negro Christian,” a sort of guide to slave owners on how to introduce the precepts of Jesus while instilling abject servitude upon their property. […]
National News
Dorothy R. Leavell receives the Ida’s Legacy Award
Leavell was given a special award by the Ida B. Wells Committee from the charity organization known as Ida’s Legacy. It was founded by Delmarie Cobb, who heads and owns Publicity Works, a broadcasting and media production company in Bronzeville. […]
National Sports
Record Breakers Graduate: Hill, Christmas, Orzo, and more Share the Spring Graduation Stage
“Our athletics programs attract some of the best and brightest students in the country,” said Dr. David Ponton, Director of Athletics and Vice President of Student Affairs. “This year’s graduates are a great example of how the lessons they learn on the field can help drive academic success.” […]
Entertainment
3rd Annual Black Male Media Project 2019
The Black Male Media Project is an initiative to help change the narrative around the lives and images of black men in the news and in society. It is designed to inspire, support and develop […]
Politics
Editorials
Fearless, Adoration, Teacher, Honorable, Entrusting, Resourceful: Adoration
We started our journey on last week to equip ourselves with some necessary tools to have a much- needed dialog on the core attributes of a father and a way of getting to a position to talk about them. If you missed it please go to our www.thewestsidegazette.com and search the archives for the article, same title – Fearless, Adoration, Teacher, Honorable, Entrusting, Resourceful. […]