Commentary
One Woman’s Opinion
Thanks to Speakin Out News for letting me publish my column each week and to the many who read this great paper. This was a nice week weather wise with signs of summer being on […]
Month: February 2022
Archived Legal
Health
Clutter in the Attic: Why Memory Falters With Age
by Cara Jones Imagine a closet filled with treasures accumulated during a lifetime of rich experiences. Now, imagine going into that closet to find one specific object. Only maybe you get distracted by another, more enticing […]
Classifieds
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Headline News
OPEN BORDERS HISTORICALLY DOOMS JOBS FOR BLACK AMERICANS
By Mark Krikorian In 1853, Frederick Douglass wrote of cities in the North: Every hour sees the black man elbowed out of employment by some newly arrived emigrant, whose hunger and whose color are thought […]
Sports
WHEATLEY LEAVES MSU FOR NFL:
Morgan State head football coach Tyrone Wheatley is leaving to become the running backs coach for the NFL’s Denver Broncos. Wheatley confirmed to the Baltimore Sun newspaper Monday that he intends to join the staff […]
Commentary
Fear of Black History Month? Blame Gov. Ivey, Republican lawmakers
By Roy S. Johnson Blame Gov. Kay Ivey. No, wait, give her credit. Seems that’s what she wants. She wants kudos for unleashing our lowest, base ignorance. For giving Uncle Wacko the microphone at the family […]
City News
Epsilon Gamma Omega Chapter Of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® 63rd Debutante Presentation And Ball Goes Livestream
By Dominique Jefferson, Publicity Chairperson, Epsilon Gamma Omega Chapter In 1957, under the presidency of Evangeline H. Spillman, Epsilon Gamma Omega initiated its debutante training program for the purpose of enriching the cultural development of […]
AAMU
A&M PLANNING GRAD RECEIVES ACSP FELLOWSHIP
Continuing Research on Homelessness Moriah Smith, native of Brewton, Ala., has been selected to receive the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship. ACSP officially recognized the fellows on Monday, January […]
Black History
Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month as state debates CRT legislation
By Trisha Powell Crain As Alabama lawmakers look to take up multiple bills in the coming weeks that would ban divisive concepts associated with critical race theory, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey on Wednesday told members of […]