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Parenting is more than merely bringing a child to adulthood. It must bring that child to a successful adulthood so that he/she is intellectually, spiritually, and financially equipped to see himself/herself in a positive light and to be able to withstand others' attempts to define him/her. Many psychologists argue that good self-esteem is crucial to a person's well being, and many realize that low self esteem plays an important role in criminal activity, especially criminal activities of youths. Click Here

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Something to Write About       Commentary by Frank Williams                     Putting his pen to paper, advocating for change.



Dialectics of Black Shame: A Lack of Political Will to Build Black Foundations
Frank A. Jones
A people who have suffered greatly under oppressive and unfavorable conditions imposed by others usually have a common pattern of societal development to safeguard against a return to those conditions.
[The Final Installment]

My ADA Story 2007: A Poem
Leroy Moore, Jr.
On July 26th it will be the 17th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA); in 1990 George Bush, Sr., was forced to signed it into law.

Divide and Conquer: US Middle East Policies
Gary N. Gray
Many Americans ask why the Islamic
world distrusts the United States. And they ask why many young Muslims dislike American foreign policies in the Middle East. Here is why.

Gutter Language is Used but It is Being Looked at Carefully
Frank T. Williams
The N-word is being looked at and viewed negatively by adults verses those in the hip-hop era .




Why Settle for What You are Instead of What You can Be?
Lytasha Blackwell
Growing up in a world full of violence, sex, drugs, money, deceit and immorality and still being able to maintain your sanity may seem like a tough task for any youth, but....

Where is America's Great Moral outrage?
Simond Griote,
MA
Why aren't more Americans outraged at this impeachable offenses, this egregious injustices transpiring not only on the Iraqi people who are being killed daily but also on our own young men and women?



The Garbage Strike of Oakland: Pretenses by Many Now Fall
Gibbs Staff

For a number of weeks, Oakland and Oaklanders have pretended that there is no garbage strike going on, but now in its maturity, pretenses have fallen.



African & Zimbabwean Scientists
Sifelani Tsiko
The world of science and technology is always on the move, scaling new heights and opening new avenues of responding to numerous problems facing people in Zimbabwe and across the African continent.

It Came To Me [A Poem]
Frank T. Williams

It came to me that I’ve been living a fallacy./I’ve been chasing dreams and ideas learned from society./



Atlanta's Disabled in Action at USSF
Leroy F Moore Jr.
& Calvin E. Peterson

It has been reported that every day millions of U.S. dollars are spent to cover the nonsense the war on Iraq that is causing the population of disabled people to increase.




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"History is not about the past, but the present...We all have a set of assumptions we carry with us derived from that history."

James Baldwin

"I've freed thousands of slaves, and I could have freed thousands more had they known they were slaves."

Harriet Tubman

LAST WEEK'S ARTICLES

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Columnists' Previous Articles

Carolyn Stokes
Stokes Report
Energy ConservationToward Healthy Lives

Simond Griote
Political
Latinos Take No American Jobs!

Gary N. Gray
The Gray Line
Bond, the Media and American League Baseball

Frank A. Jones 
Publisher
"The US Can Leave Iraq at Anytime"
 

Sifelani Tsiko
African Report
The United States of Africa?


Leroy Moore, Jr.
Disable Advocate & Artist
Disabled Dumping: The US Social Forum


Gwendolyn Brooks


Poetry

-Dreams -

Buried deep inside
Climbing the walls for air
Feeling flames of fire
Ready to burst on the scene
Pressured weighed down
Afraid of what others may say
Afraid of what others may thing
Yet still I rise 
Blossoming and full of desire
Ministering to others
Bringing Darkness into the light
Mountain tops
No limits!
No Boundaries! ....
 Acquirneta D. McNair

Words of The Spirit

Jeroboam II had no devotion to God, yet under his warlike policies and skillful administration, Israel enjoyed more national power and material prosperity than at any time since the days of Solomon.
 
The prophets Amos and Hosea, however, tell us what was really happening withing the kingdom. Jeroboam's administration ignored policies of justice and fairness. As a result, the rich became richer, and the poor, poorer.
 
The people became self-centered, relying more on their power, security, and possessions than on God. The poor were so oppressed that it was hard for them to believe God noticed their plight.
 
Material prosperity is not always an indication of God's blessing. It can also be a result of self-centeredness. If you are experiencing prosperity, remember that God holds us accountable for how we attain success and how we use our wealth.
 
________ Everything we have really belongs to him. We must use God's gifts with his interest in mind.
(2 Kings 14:28 NLT)
 

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