EDITORIAL
It's Kerry, WilkersonVoters tend to trivialize the importance of preliminary elections. If the timing is inconvenient, voters will miss primaries with the expectation of casting their "real" votes in November. When too many people share that outlook, political upsets can occur. More » |
OPINION
Don't question my credibility because I'm blackWhen I was an aspiring journalist back in the 1970s, a college professor taught me a lesson that has shaped the kind of journalist I try to be today. He instructed our class to use three questions when approaching a story. Before writing or broadcasting the story, we should ask ourselves three questions: More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Celebrate women leaders today, inspire girls for tomorrowLast week, 88 years after the battle for women's suffrage was won, Hillary Rodham Clinton stood before the Democratic National Convention. The woman who has come closest to becoming an American presidential nominee spoke to her party and endorsed the first African American nominee. More » |
