Let Us Stand with President Biden I stand with President Biden, today, yesterday, tomorrow, November 5 and beyond. I predict that the historians of the future will declare the New York Times shamefully wrong. They are painfully wrong calling for President Biden to withdraw from the Presidential race five months before the election. This is a great news organization, but, in my opinion, they are terribly wrong. Remember, this is the newspaper that was critical of Dr. King in 1967-1968. The New York Times thought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.…
Editorials
“Democracy on the Ballot” sermon, on June 30, 2024, by Reverend Dr. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois: Stand with President Biden by Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. Let Us Stand with President Biden I stand with President Biden, today, yesterday, tomorrow, November 5 and beyond. I predict that the historians of the future will declare the New York Times shamefully wrong. They are painfully wrong calling for President Biden to withdraw from the Presidential race five months before the election. This is a…
Democracy on Trial – There is A Way Out and Up By Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. I was a 19-year-old sophomore at Morehouse College when the May 17, 1954 unanimous decision was given by the U. S. Supreme Court. A decision that declared “Separate but equal” unconstitutional. It reversed the 1896 Jim Crow law as illegal and unconstitutional. It was a joyous day on Morehouse College campus and many other places. Students, faculty, staff and President Benjamin E. Mays all rejoiced. We believed a new era of democracy had…
By Mary Green It’s Black Maternal Health Week, a moment where we pause again to assess where we are as a community in solving the health crisis Black moms face. Despite myriad technological and medical advancements, mortality rates for Black expectant mothers and premature birthrates for Black babies remain at an all-time high. According to the Center for Disease Control, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than their white colleagues. “The disparity between Black and White mothers has been increasing instead of declining,” says…
By Hassan Tyler Georgia — along with more than 30 other states — requires any entity that wishes to open a new medical facility or expand an existing one to demonstrate that there is a bona fide need for the services to be provided by the facility in its area. If the government deems it as unnecessary it can deny it an operating license. These laws are called Certificate of Need (CON) laws. In effect, such laws give established medical providers the unique power to challenge investments by would-be competitors…
