Areva Martin

When Donald Trump arrived in Detroit for his first black church visit, he was met with empty pews and hundreds of protesters including prominent African American ministers.  For many in the African American community, this was nothing but a publicity stunt and photo op that quite frankly, backfired. Although the Black church has a long and […]

GUEST BLOG BY ERIC ANDERSON San Francisco 49’ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick must have known he was stirring up a hornet’s nest—while simultaneously setting fire to it—by refusing to stand for the National Anthem during NFL pre-season games. And he clearly must have known he was throwing vials of nitroglycerin onto that fire when he said

GUEST BLOG BY ERIC ANDERSON Who is Pastor Mark Burns? Until this week not many people knew or probably cared. But leave it to the master of manipulation and TV antics, Donald Trump, to propel this fast-talking, fact-challenged, Black preacher turned political surrogate into the national lime light for what we all should hope will

Dear Mr. Trump, It’s me again. And this time I’m not just speaking out on behalf of educated black women. I want you to know that for the more than 46 million African-Americans that you purport to be suddenly concerned about, we’re not convinced of your sincerity. Perhaps you didn’t know this but African Americans, like you, often

I can train. I can try. I can dream, yet I can’t run a 3-minute mile. Mikey Brannigan can, and he has autism. But autism doesn’t have him. Mikey is headed to Rio in two weeks to represent the US and compete in the Paralympic Games. And though there are countless amazing stories to be told about the

Dear Mr. Trump, I’m sorry but Black women didn’t get the memo on how poorly educated we are. I know this is what you believe because, according to you, our schools stink and we live in squalor!  It’s not that folks like you haven’t tried to convince us for decades that we’re an abject, downtrodden