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Diversity comes in many forms: gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, culture, socioeconomic background, etc.  For many African Americans serving in the military, the lack of diversity in leadership positions has historically been an major issue. […]

By Lynn Jones – Blessed with a powerful voice, Matthew Johnson began singing in the choir at Northside Church of Christ in the seventh grade.  At the time, he had no idea that his God […]

“I got through two episodes of the Lifetime series documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” before I was in distress and completely revolted. That’s all.” — Joy Doss, Special to The New Tri-State Defender By Joy Doss […]

By Stephen A. Crockett Jr. Ben Carson never wanted to be the Housing and Urban Development director; he wanted to be the president. After losing the Republican nomination to Donald J. Trump, Carson was quoted […]

By Charles Griggs “Systems are perfectly designed to achieve the results they are achieving right now. At first glance, when we look at how dysfunctional existing systems can be, this premise seems absurd.” – David […]