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The American Dream lives! But…
It’s the current American reality that’s become a nightmare for millions upon millions whose lives, occupations and economic stability once seemed to embody it. A new survey released Thanksgiving week by the Washington Post and the Miller Center, a nonpartisan, public policy-focused affiliate of the University of Virginia, offers fresh evidence that Americans overwhelmingly still […]
Unsportsmanlike conduct: The exploitation of Black athletes
How pros go from rags to riches and back to rags BY EVERETT L. GLENN NNPA NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON – There have been so many former professional athletes in the news recently who have gone from rags-to-riches-back-to-rags again that they could form their own reality show. Future Hall of Famer Terrell Owens, for example, accumulated […]
Wildcats fall to Coastal Carolina in playoffs
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CONWAY, S.C. – Alex Ross tossed four touchdown passes on Saturday, leading No. 11 Coastal Carolina past No. 12 Bethune-Cookman, 48-24 at Brooks Stadium in a first-round FCS playoff game. The homestanding Chanticleers advance to play eight-seed Montana next weekend in Missoula, Montana. Bethune-Cookman (10-3) was unable to stop Ross as […]
Three tiny reasons to be thankful
Despite mom’s complications during pregnancy, newborn triplets Jasmine, Justin and Joshuaare doing just fine BY ASHLEY THOMAS DAYTONA TIMES Thanksgiving came two weeks early for Selina Galloway and husband Randy when Mom gave birth to triplets at Halifax Medical Center on Nov. 13. The naturally conceived trio was quite the surprise. “I went to the […]
PEOPLE SPEAK
COMPILED BY ASHLEY THOMAS As retailers begin opening their doors earlier and closing later, the season of shopping is upon us. We asked Daytona Times’ readers if they will be taking part in any Black Friday shopping this year or will they stay in for leftover turkey and gravy?
BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY WILDCATS/FCS PLAYOFFS
Eyes on the next prize Rattlers whipped, now it’s time for playoffs FROM STAFF REPORTS With a 29-10 victory over rival Florida A&M University last Saturday in the Florida Blue Florida Classic in Orlando, the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats are on to their next conquest. The Wildcats take on Coastal Carolina University on Nov. 30 in […]
Some stores say no to opening on Thanksgiving
BY KAVITA KUMAR ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH/MCT Jim von Maur knows he may lose out on some business by not opening on Thanksgiving Day. But he doesn’t care. “We think it’s well worth it to miss out on those sales so sales associates can spend time with their families,” said the president of the Iowa-based chain […]
Young Black voters pay higher ‘time tax’ at the polls
BY FREDDIE ALLEN Special to the Times/NNPA As the American electorate becomes more diverse, new voting laws threaten to disenfranchise young Black and Latino voters in what a new report called “the largest wave of voter suppression since the enactment of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.” The report by OurTime.org and Advancement Project, titled “The […]
Mt. Calvary of Palm Coast names its Man of the Year
Relaxed, at ease, focused and gracious, Joseph L. Matthews accepted “The Man of The Year Award” from the members of his congregation at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of Palm Coast. The Rev. Edwin Coffie is the pastor. Matthews was born in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., the third of five children. He relocated to Brooklyn, New York […]
Thanksgiving and other myths
Theoretically, Thanksgiving celebrates the breaking of bread between Native Americans and Pilgrims, who might have starved were it not for the generosity of those who first occupied this country. Pilgrims and their descendants developed the myth of the shared Thanksgiving. The myth leaves out the unprovoked massacre of tens of thousands on Native Americans because […]
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