One of MLK’s Dreams Was an End to Gun Violence

April 4th, 2018|

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Guns are going to be the death of this country.” Will we […]

A black girl’s take on “A Wrinkle in Time” | GBMNews

March 21st, 2018|

Black little girls of my era weren’t seen on television or the silver screen

“A Wrinkle in […]

The Goings-on at “The Hotel Nepenthe”

March 9th, 2018|

Some of the characters in the vignettes who perpetuated violence or exhibited poor decisions out of desperation showed […]

Honoring Mildred Loving this Valentine’s Day

February 14th, 2018|

LGBTQ activists will keep their eyes on Bermuda as well as in this country.

For Black History […]

Pimping King at the Super Bowl

February 8th, 2018|

Black misrepresentation in commercial advertising… is not new.

With 2018 being the 50th anniversary of the Rev. […]

Revisiting Frederick Douglass

February 2nd, 2018|

With the election of  Barack Obama as president, queries arose concerning the future need for Black History Month.

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LGBT Africans and Haitians Don’t Need Trump’s Insults, They Need Asylum

January 22nd, 2018|

The president’s ignorance of the world means he’s completely unaware of what queer black people are going through.

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Irene Monroe is Keynote Speaker at MLK Jr. Day Celebration in Cambridge

January 12th, 2018|

King’s dream of “the beloved community” extends to your community, too

January 12th, 2018|

This year is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. It’s a painful and […]

For Black Women, Being Called the Democrats’ ‘Backbone’ Is No Compliment

December 19th, 2017|

Black women helped defeat Roy Moore, but they don’t want to be anyone’s backbone but their own.

Black women voters in […]