Opinions

The World Has Changed For Black People Since 9-11

   It has been 20 years since 9-11, and America has dramatically changed, and the world that we live in is moving at 100 miles an-hour. As President Biden honors the 2,977 Americans who lost their lives during that dreadful day, the Department of Homeland Security was created. It is one of the largest departments in the federal government, and is responsible for terrorist tasks and attacks. […]

Opinions

The Lessons of September 11th

     On Sept. 11, 1906, Mohandas Gandhi presented the mechanisms of resistance and civil disobedience that could be combined with love to create positive change and social justice. Addressing a crowd of 3,000 people in South Africa he described how to use moral force to oppose immoral legislation. His newspaper held a contest to name this world changing and life affirming tactic. They arrived at Satyagraha; ‘satya’ meaning truth and ‘agraha’ meaning force or holding firmly to something. Satyagraha: truth-force was the love that we now know of as nonviolence. […]

Entertainment

Grammy-Award Winning Artist Lecrae Partners with Experian to talk About the basics of Financial Health

     Premiering Fall 2021, the six-part series guides audiences through the ins and outs of financial health. Through short sketches and the help of some special guests, Lecrae breaks down the basics of financial health, which is understanding your finances and having the ability to balance your financial needs of today, with those of tomorrow. […]

Local News

The Sole of our Souls

     The foot is a body part talked about extensively over time. A common practice in times past would be to wash a person’s feet when entering the home. This was because we traveled barefoot, and we were simultaneously giving respect to the soles of our feet that carried us on our journey. Different areas of the soles of the foot are linked to different parts of the body. When we think of the surfaces that we walk on and what we walk on them with, we must recognize that these things have changed a lot over the last 50 to 60 years or so. Riding or living on a dirt road was common back in the days. Although it is recorded that paved roads existed since 4000 B.C., it took time for communities to be architecturally developed to have the interstates, highways, and street patterns that we see today. […]