by Elvis Džafić | Jan 19, 2016 | Opinion
Since the beginning of the migrant-refugee crisis, 568,439 persons entered the Republic of Croatia. The camp in Slavonski Brod (a city in eastern Croatia, on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina) was covered in the first snow during the first week of January. In...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 18, 2016 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Dr. Albert Paul Brinson shared stories of the civil rights movement and his close relationship to the King family with my daughter, Abigail, during a recent visit to his home in Atlanta. As a Morehouse senior in 1960, Al was part of the Atlanta...
by Ferrell Foster | Jan 18, 2016 | Opinion
Every adult American can hear in their minds the voice, rhetorical skills and moving words of the late Martin Luther King Jr. He had the ability to move people with his spoken words in a manner possible of few people in history. He made the phrase, “I have a...
by Martin Luther King Jr. | Jan 18, 2016 | Opinion
Editor’s note: King’s open letter was written on April 16, 1963, from the Birmingham, Alabama, jail following his arrest during a nonviolent civil rights protest in the city. It was a response to an open letter, titled “A Call for Unity,”...
by Matt Sapp | Jan 18, 2016 | Opinion
When David Bowie died last week, I turned to YouTube to listen to “Heroes.” The song, a story of star-crossed lovers, has come to be known for the inspiration in its steadily building crescendo and the repeated statement, “We can be heroes, just for...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 16, 2016 | Opinion
Any perception that I’ve fallen down on blog-writing lately is right on the money. Other work and writing demands have something to do with that, along with the need for a break over the holidays, but that’s not all. The issues that most need addressing...
