Of course the answer is “Yes, the Black Press in America is still powerful.” ...

We sincerely hope that now that, at long last, a certain peace can be restored to the shattered lives of the surviving members of the Wilmington Ten, and to the family members Jerry Jacobs, William Joe Wright, Anne Sheppard and Connie Tindall all of whom are deceased. ...

As the clock counts down to Gov. Beverly Perdue’s decision whether to grant pardons of innocence to all of the Wilmington Ten – and we certainly hope she does – we’ve been noticing something expected, yet peculiar. ...

The U.S. Census Bureau’s new poverty data for the states show millions of families struggling mightily to keep their heads above water in the wake of the Great Recession. Fourteen states saw statistically significant increases in their child poverty rates, 26 states saw small increases, and nine states and the District of Columbia saw small declines in child poverty rates last year. ...

Next year this nation will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on August 28, 2013. ...

It is truly sad, indeed, that Connie Tindall, 62, will be laid to rest tomorrow, never seeing what he wanted more than anything else -- having his name cleared by the state of North Carolina for crimes he did not commit as a member of the Wilmington Ten ...

I first heard about fracking (the drilling of natural-gas wells using a method known as hydraulic fracturing) in 2009 when environmental advocates charged that natural-gas drilling could endanger New York City's water resources. ...