<em>Voices That Must Be Heard</em>: The Gateway to Ethnic Media

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Elinor Tatum

 

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Negroes who gain high office must walk like angels

African Americans waited more than a generation for the congressman Charlie B. Rangel to rise to the position where he could really affect change, and as soon as he attained real power, there were those who began to plot his demise.

 

VIDEO :: Hon. James David Manning, pastor of the ATLAH World Missionary Church in Harlem, explains why he believes Congressman Charles Rangel stepped down from the Way and Means committee. more>

Riding the rails on the backs of the disadvantaged

Service cuts that affect neighborhoods is one problem, and cutting services to people with disabilities is a second disturbing issue, but cutting free MetroCards to students is just plain racist and an affront to public education and the students of our city. more>

Just say “No” to Giuliani

Giuliani had his day and proved that he is insensitive and evil. America and the Republican Party were smart enough to reject his ridiculous presidential campaign last year, and he must not even be allowed to start a campaign for New York governor.

 

 

VIDEO :: PIX11, CBS-TV and CNN cover Republican Representative Peter King's statement that Rudy Giuliani is more likely than ever to run for New York Governor. more>

Our media, our lives

Today in 2009, there are many who say that they represent America, but what America do they represent? They show America as they see it. They show AmericaAmerica. through the lens of white

 

VIDEO :: CNN Series "Black in America" focuses on the Black Press. more>

Voices that will not be silenced

In 1940, there were almost 1,900 daily newspapers in the United States; as of 2007, there 1,422 left. That number has decreased markedly in 2009. more>

Reluctantly, it’s my turn

Amsterdam News’s new publisher and editor in chief remembers and mourns her father. more>