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SUNDAY SCHOOL: “TAMING THE TONGUE”
Scripture: James 3:1-12 “In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.” (James 3:5, NLT) Control That Tongue! (James […]
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SUNDAY SCHOOL: “FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD”
Live Faith Versus Dead Faith (James 2:14-17). James says, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” (James 2:26). Faith without works is a dead faith because […]
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YOU SHOULD CONSIDER VOTING ABSENTEE THIS SUMMER
by Craig Ford, owner of Ford Insurance Agency and the Gadsden Messenger. He represented Gadsden and Etowah County in the Alabama House of Representatives for 18 years. The Republican and Democratic Primary Runoff Elections are […]
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WITH THE INHUMANE AND SENSELESS MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND AHMAUD ARBERY, WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US AS A NATION? THE ACTION TO VOTE!
by Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr., President, Alabama A&M University For centuries, this nation has been plagued by unjust and unfair laws and policies that have adversely impacted communities of color. The inhumane and senseless murder […]
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Many Hands Created the Frankenstein Monster Derek Chauvin
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and political analyst There was a loud warning thirty years before Derek Chauvin choked Gerge Floyd to death about how cops like Chauvin are turned into Frankenstein monsters. In 1991, […]
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Long Before COVID There was No Stimulus for Black Businesses
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson In an inform al poll on my Facebook pages I asked this question,” Do you know of any Black owned business that got a COVID stimulus SBA Payroll Protection Loan?” Of […]
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The Shame, it took a Virus for America to Finally Bail out Its Workers and the Poor
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst Moments before the House took a final vote on the COVID stimulus package, a handful of progressive House Democrats railed that the bill gave the […]
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Dear Black People: Coronavirus Will Kill You
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor Coronavirus or Covid-19 or “rona” as some are calling it will kill you. You may have seen some of the conspiracy theories, myths or […]
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WILL BERNIE HELP RE-ELECT PRES. TRUMP?
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and political analyst The great horror among a big segment of Democratic voters and officials is a rerun of Hillary versus Bernie in 2016. Even after Clinton bagged the requisite […]
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Remembering Dr. King & “The Other America”
By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor Once again on the third Monday in January, much of the nation will mark the anniversary of the death of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Countless […]