YOU! HAVE THE POWER  | Believe It And Seize It: Unlocking Your Own Potential

BY DR. ELLEN W. BROWN Divine power manifests from God to us through prayer, through a message, or even through a quiet revelation.  We are living in troubling times. While this is not the first season of uncertainty our world has faced, trouble has a way of slipping quietly into our lives. Often, we don’t […]

Part I: Race In America, Where We At?

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET With this column and two more to follow, I will attempt to frame America’s major unresolved issue of race.  The Civil War was to have ended the debate over what should be our nation’s path forward on matters of race. However, efforts by Presidents Johnson and Hayes, as well as a spate […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER  | 2026: People, Get Ready!

BY DR. ELLEN W. BROWN We made it.  The questions of where we made it to, when we arrived, why we are here — and even why not — all rushed front and center the moment the bell rang, ushering in 2026 one second after midnight.  What does the future hold for African-Americans and all […]

Failed State: America’s Future?

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET American citizens’ non-vigilance has placed our nation’s future as a functioning democracy in clear and present danger! Our failure to heed the quote popularized by Thomas Jefferson, “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance,” is the root cause of our dire condition in America in the second month of 2026.  Up until […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER  | Happy New Year … or is it?

BY DR. ELLEN W. BROWN We made it.  The questions of where we made it to, when we arrived, why we are here — and even why not — all rushed front and center the moment the bell rang, ushering in 2026 one second after midnight.  Whatever occupied our hearts and minds in that sacred […]

Billions Of Reasons To Be Against Wealth Concentration

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET The control of wealth in America is in the hands of slightly more than 900 billionaires and heads of 500 corporations. The combined wealth of the billionaires is $6.6 trillion and revenue generated by Fortune 500 companies is $20 trillion annually.  The total amount paid out in wages to the entire American […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER  | Doing the ‘Wright’ thing 

BY DR. ELLEN W. BROWN For Lonnie and Sherry Wright, “People Come First” isn’t just a mantra — it’s the foundation of a lifetime of service. Doing the “Wright Thing” has long been at the center of their community commitments, and this holiday season, the couple once again demonstrated their extraordinary generosity with a $10,000 […]

Christmas Wishes: Then And Now

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET During my early childhood, after a half-decade of sacrifice by America’s Greatest Generation, when “all gave some and some gave all,” America in 1946 transitioned from a wartime economy of rationing goods back to that of a consumer economy.  For Christmas 1946, Santa (for me) and my parents (for my older brothers, […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER  | Start Spreading the Good Black New

BY DR. ELLEN W. BROWN In uncertain times, finding hope —and holding onto it — takes real strength. And even amid challenges, inspiration surrounds us in the stories we share, the communities we build, and the news we lift up together.  How does the title of this month’s column resonate with you today? Does it […]

Annoying, Worrying, Concerning, and Troubling

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET Over the last 10 months, I have experienced annoyance, worry, concern and troubled thoughts about what we are allowing to take place in America — and to a lesser extent, the disrespect exhibited towards our allies.  Things that I would classify as annoying are things that have only a small chance of […]

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