Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By: Dr. Peter Ikre The month of January is unique in many ways. Aside from ushering a new year, it epitomizes the period when taxpayers reconcile their accounts with Uncle Sam via the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The 2016 tax season began in earnest a few weeks ago (01/19/2016 to be precise). In light of […]
Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad The early abolition movement in North America was fueled both by slaves’ efforts to liberate themselves and by groups of white settlers, such as the Quakers, who opposed slavery on religious or moral grounds. Though the lofty ideals of the Revolutionary era invigorated the movement, by the late 1780s it […]
by Kofi Ayim African Town, located four miles north of Mobile, was once known for its vessel building by the Meaher brothers. It also became an abode for the last known African slaves from Western Africa. The Meaher brothers partnered with a Captain Bill Foster in the lucrative slave trading business. Captain Foster gathered some […]
By Zaira Cortés Large-scale raids initiated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the beginning of the year created uncertainty and fear in New York and generated false reports of arrests in Hispanic neighborhoods. A month after the agency began its operations, none have been carried out in the Big Apple. However, a citizen […]
By: Karan Murugesu It’s not often the federal government makes a decision that nearly every-one is happy with, but that’s what happened with a regulation that was recently finalized by the U.S. Treasury Department. Changes to the reg- ulations under Internal Revenue Code section 401(a)(9) allow individuals the ability to defer the distribution of their […]
by Kwabena Opong As far as scandals go 2015 would go into Ghana’s history as one of the nation’s most scandalously unevent- ful years. Reports of corruption involving government officials have bedeviled the NDC administration since it assumed office in 2008. This year was capped with suspicions and scandals of moneys paid in connection with […]
by Kofi Ayim Sickle cell, the hitherto, deadly and diabolical health condition known to primarily affect people of Black an- cestry is no longer a death sentence disease. This affirmation was made by Dr. Nelson Aluya, Assistant Pro- fessor of Medicine and Pediatrics and a sickle cell management specialist at the New Jersey Medical School, […]
Jude O. Nkama was born in Nigeria, West Africa. He came to the United States and obtained a law degree at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, worked his way up through the legal establishments and eventually became the Chief Prosecutor in the City of Newark, New Jersey. On WednesdayJanuary 6, 2016, the affable Jude Nkama […]
By Zaira Cortés The threat of Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement (ICE) raids in 2016 is not new to New York. According to the claims of activists and elected officials, the agency has had its sights set on courts and immigrant neighborhoods for more than a year, a practice not seen since the 1980s and […]
By Uchenna Ekwo November 19 The recent terrorist attacks in Paris; France has again brought the attention of the international community to the horrors of global terrorism. In five words, the world is on fire. In the past 15 years, the world witnessed horrific incidents across countries and continents notably the terrorist attacks in New […]