Katie SobkoNorthJersey.com Peggy King Jorde has been involved in memorializing and preserving African burial grounds for nearly 30 years. What started as a project during her time working in the office of New York City Mayor David Dinkins has grown into a passion driving her to international activism. Originally from Albany, Georgia, Jorde grew up in the segregated […]Read More
Expand African American Homeownership and Access to Affordable, Safe Housing The gap between African American and white homeownership is larger today than when the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968. This has contributed to a racial wealth gap—nearly 1,000%—between median white and African American households. Because home ownership is how most families save and […]Read More
He Shaped Young Minds David Dinkins, New York City’s Gentleman Mayor (1990-1993), died Monday at the age of 93 from natural causes. He left a tremendous legacy of humanitarianism and an “indelible mark” on many, including young people like Elinor Tatum, publisher of the New York Amsterdam News, Karen St. Hilaire, author and Life Coach, […]Read More
Jon Ossoff is a Georgia native, media executive, investigative journalist, and small business owner.Jon and his wife Alisha, an OB/GYN physician, both grew up in Atlanta.Since 2013, Jon has served as the CEO of Insight TWI, a now 30-year old media production company that investigates corruption, organized crime, and war crimes for international news organizations. […]Read More
By Victoria Knight khn.orgSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell alleged that the Obama administration did not provide the Trump administration with any information about the threat of a possible pandemic during a May 11 Team Trump Facebook Live discussion with Lara Trump.“They claim pandemics only happen once every 100 years, but what if that is no longer true? […]Read More
By Chris McGreal in Atlantawww.theguardian.comDonald Trump may have forced a recount of the votes in Georgia that helped end his presidency, but the activists who organised the surge in turnout that helped defeat him have already turned their attention to two elections that will decide who controls the US Senate and the course of Joe […]Read More
By Maitefa AngazaAs early enrollment opens in a few days, (November 1st) and higher education institutions across the nation tout their bona fides, Our Time Press highlights here the top 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for consideration. They provide a rich experience grounded in the high value that Black people have always placed […]Read More
By Brittney Cooper When Americans elected Kamala Harris Vice-President, they symbolically completed a 150-year project of recognizing the right of Black people to exercise the full franchise as citizens. In 1870, the 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. In 1920, the 19th Amendment secured the franchise for women. We commemorated both […]Read More
