Category: Point of View

S.E. Williams | Executive Editor “[O]ne of the great liabilities of life is that all too many...

Op Ed: Rev John Woods, A True Friend and Servant of God, Called Home

Jan 17, 2021 | Community, In My Opinion, Obituary, Point of View

Hardy Brown Sr. | Publisher Emeritus I was working for Southern California Edison as a customer...

Op-Ed: Redlands—Moving Forward or Remaining Stuck in an Unequal Past?

Jan 14, 2021 | I.E. Community, Point of View

Denise Davis | Mayor Pro Tem, City of Redlands It’s a new year–one that brings both great...

COVID-19 Vaccine & The Black Community: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Dec 21, 2020 | Community, Point of View

Op Ed Hardy Brown, Sr. | Publisher Emeritus There is a killer running loose in our community by...

Keeping it Real—Live!

Dec 6, 2020 | Keeping It Real, Point of View

S.E. Williams | Executive Editor “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood....

Here’s How Joe Biden Can Have Black America’s Back: Select an Education Secretary Who Will Challenge the Status Quo

Nov 23, 2020 | Point of View, Politics, VOICE OP-ED

Op Ed Dr. Margaret Fortune “American educators, this is a great day for you. You will have one of...

Opinion: Tom Metzger and “This Mortal Coil”

Nov 22, 2020 | Community, Point of View

Phyllis Kimber Wilcox | Contributor For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we...

Op Ed: Voting, Violence, Retrenchment and the Myth of Progress

Nov 15, 2020 | In My Opinion, Point of View

Phyllis Kimber-Wilcox | Contributor “You’ve been paid for by people who never even saw your...

When Everything is on Fire

Nov 14, 2020 | Keeping It Real, Point of View

S.E. Williams | Executive Editor “The striking aspect of the Nation’s fire problem is the...

Op Ed: Who Holds Space for Black Survivors?

Nov 1, 2020 | In My Opinion, Point of View

Lyresh McGee | Human Trafficking Survivor Months ago, I woke up to the news of yet another...

Op Ed: California’s Corporate Pipeline Needs a Refresh

Nov 1, 2020 | Point of View

Marc Morial | President, National Urban League In 1996, California banned Affirmative Action by...

The Late Great US Representative John Lewis said: “If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?”

Sep 29, 2020 | Point of View, Politics

Rev. Steven Shepard | Pastor at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church Editor’s Note: Dr....

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ACROBATIC MATHEMATICAL THINKING (6)

A powerful Creative and Critical Thinking exercise is to first learn shapes of the Pyramid, Square, Trapezius, Trapezoid, Rectangle, Triangle, Circle, Octagon, Ellipse, Lunette; study which are Cosmic and/or and human-made; and determine what are indications for using...

MATHEMATICS OF AFRICAN TRADITION FOR BLACK YOUTH (5)

Patterns, Shapes, and Forms are fundamental tools to help one see and give meaning to Real, Surreal, and Unreal Things. These contribute to understanding and the explaining of Principles (unchanging realities), Events (changing realities), Settings, Situations, and...

***AFRICAN UBUNTU IS SPIRITUAL “ME/WE” (1)

“ME/WE” is an: "All for One, One for all" concept of African Zulus, called Ubuntu. The Nguni Bantu define it as connection of all “Humanity”—meaning its “Sameness” creation is the Cosmic Force. They translate it as: “I am because we are”; or “Humanity towards others”...