“…And what of love in the Black community?”

By Jonathan Livingston
   
“…And what of love”, wrote the poet Kahlil Gibran.  Before reading this passage from The Prophet as a young boy, I never thought of love and what it meant to love and be loved.  I was given and shown love by my family and my community, but I never had experienced the love between a man and a woman.

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Hopeville Tour gives families a way to celebrate Black History Month together

By Tony Jones
Special to The New Citizen Press

On Friday, Feb. 28, East Lansing gets to enjoy the rising surge of message music as the pioneering Hopeville Tour – United As One presentation brings the biggest gospel music tour in history to the Breslin Center, offering the perfect occasion for families to celebrate Black History Month together.

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Where’s the Proof Mr. Bush?

By Bro. Ishmael Muhammad

As the leadership of America seems determined to start a war with Iraq. President Bush has gone to great lengths to state his position as to why war with Iraq is necessary and why Saddam Hussein must be removed from power.

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PISTONS PUT FORTH ‘UNEVEN’ EFFORT…BUT BEAT CELTICS

By Nadia Sellers

(Auburn Hills)—The Detroit Pistons continue to be one of the more enigmatic stories of this NBA season…a team without a superstar, without great size or speed, but one which just keeps piling up the victories.

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STATE SENATOR JOE SCHWARZ (R) DISCUSSES HIS RUN FOR GOVERNOR

In a recent article written in ‘‘Campaign Finance Talk,”  which is a non partisan and non profit organization, State Senator Schwarz was asked why he was running for governor?

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REPUBLICAN, JC WATTS LEAVES WASHINGTON


WASHINGTON — House Republican Conference Chairman J.C. Watts, Jr. (R-Okla.) made the following statement on July 1, 2002 at a news conference in Norman, Oklahoma:

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REPUBLICAN, JC WATTS LEAVES WASHINGTON


WASHINGTON — House Republican Conference Chairman J.C. Watts, Jr. (R-Okla.) made the following statement on July 1, 2002 at a news conference in Norman, Oklahoma:

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EARVIN ‘MAGIC’ JOHNSON INVESTS IN THE MAGIC OF HOLLYWOOD

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE) — A new chapter in the history of one of Hollywood’s most fabled locations began today as developer Bond Capital, Ltd. and partners Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, California State Teachers’ Retirement System and HW Marketplace, LLC broke ground for Sunset & Vine,

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Small World Small Dollar

Small World Small Dollar Store is an African American business started by brothers with a long time dream of being entrepreneurs. Starting in the community where they have lived for more than 15 years, Jamarc Randall and his brother, Patrick Burnett had an opportunity to acquire the property located at 923 W. Saginaw St., in Lansing, MI.

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