Notes from Paris

By Harry C. Alford Beyond the Rhetoric Paris is quickly becoming my favorite city. It is clean, vibrant and the people are so professional and friendly. Things can be expensive due to the current weak US dollar value but once... Continue»

Posted on May 23, 2008

Couple Proves Laughter and Love Key to Longevity

By Robert Hightower Special from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA -- When Mattie Louise first met Mitchell Atkins, she admitted not thinking much of him. Seventy-seven matrimonial years later, they are still in love and still each other's best friend. Mitchell,... Continue»

Posted on October 11, 2007

Michael Vick: Let the Dogs Out

By George E Curry We can stop playing the song, "Who Let the Dogs Out?" Now, we know the answer: Michael Vick let the dogs out. Not just the dogs, but those who love dogs more than they like certain... Continue»

Posted on August 28, 2007

Searching for a Missing Widow and Justice

New America Media, Commentary, Aruna Lee Editor's Note: One year after police officers in Dublin, Calif., shot and killed two Korean men in their home, the widow of one of the men has since disappeared, reportedly back to South Korea.... Continue»

Posted on August 18, 2006

Rosa Parks Remembered as Civil Rights Champion and Praised for Her 'Pathways to Freedom' Program Created to Help Disadvantaged Kids Learn of Their Heritage

Rosa Parks, who died Monday (24) at 92 was the U.S. civil rights movement's most famous heroine. But little known was her humanitarian "Pathways to Freedom" program, which she created with her Rosa Parks Foundation to help disadvantaged children learn about their heritage by taking them to ancestral sites throughout the U.S. Continue»

Posted on October 30, 2005

Remember Johnnie Cochran For More Than O.J. Simpson

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The defining moment for me in the O.J. Simpson trial was not Simpson's acquittal and the firestorm that it ignited nationally. It was a note I got from an associate in Johnnie Cochran's law firm. He... Continue»

Posted on March 31, 2005