BY MARC MORIAL (TriceEdneyWire.com) - “Investing to support the launch and growth of Black-owned businesses could build wealth for individuals and their families, assist with closing the wealth gap, revitalize communities, and contribute to an overall healthier economy, which benefits us all. To do so, thoughtful and innovative approaches are required to overcome the exponential effects of the interplay amo ...

BY REV.  SUSAN SMITH With the most recent mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida resulting in the deaths of 17 innocent people, the debate over gun control will once again be front and center – but only for a few days. The tragedy marks the sixth school shooting in this country this year. The National Rifle Association (NRA) and Second Amendment supporters will offer their overdone ...

The bottom line here is that we DON’T KNOW, and we may NEVER know. There is NO certainty as to how many Blacks in Wilmington were killed then. ...

The key to liberating the South is the black vote. ...

ADD CIVIL RIGHTS VOICES TO HOUSING POLICY REFORM DISCUSSIONS By Charlene Crowell (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Wherever you live, or household size, home is a special place where children are raised, and memories are made. Owning a home is also the largest, single investment that most families make in a lifetime. Since the nationwide housing crash, family outcomes have varied. While some households have witnessed ...

The proposed Tax Reform Plan 2017-2018 is actually a re-fighting of the U.S. Civil War that was previously fought between 1861 and 1865. ...

The president lies. His press secretaries have lied from the start, beginning with Sean Spicer lying about the size of the president’s inaugural crowd one day after the inauguration. ...

Change education for the Black community ...

A coalition of area environmental groups is organizing a forum this Friday at the University of North Carolina Wilmington as part of what seems to be a benign effort to raise concerns over the growing wood-products industry in North Carolina. ...

Currently, Medicare's drug benefit, Part D, provides seniors and the disabled with access to subsidized, affordable prescription drug plans. Implemented in 2006, Medicare Part D has been an overwhelming success. ...