The Fourteenth Amendment (Section 1): "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside.

"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Guest Commentary

Actor urges Americans not to allow obstacles to discourage them from voting

by Hill Harper
(AANEWSWIRE) Washington -- The 2008 presidential campaign has electrified voters throughout a long process, as Americans have experienced a series of political firsts including an African American major party presidential nominee, a woman mounting a serious challenge for a presidential nomination and the GOP’s selection of a female vice presidential nominee. Since January, excitement has built in the electorate, exemplified by the large crowds greeting the candidates and the massive turnout during the caucus and primary contests. But now our nation faces a crucial test as Election Day approaches: some states now have strict identification requirements for voters, a move that could stymie the anticipated growth in political ... Read more

Signifyin’

Advice from a father: “Cast your first vote for Barack Obama, my son”

by Mikel Kwaku Osei Holt
The Chinese say “may you live in exciting times.’ My son, you are indeed fortunate. Think about it, this is your first opportunity to vote, and that unique prospect coincides with a historic election. In less than two weeks, you will engage in our country’s most important civic responsibility. And the icing on the cake is that your vote could be the deciding factor in electing the nation’s first Black ... Read more

Instead of making him a pariah for endorsing Obama, the GOP should thank Colin Powell

by Deborah Mathis, BlackAmericaWeb.com
H ad Colin Powell sat down with Tom Brokaw on Sunday morning and announced that he was supporting John McCain’s presidential bid, the Republican apparatus would have feted him as a semi-prodigal son come home again. To hear them tell it, it would have been a ponderously important thumbs-up for the struggling McCain candidacy, a green light to queasy independents and wavering others, a permission slip to support a man who is neither who he used to be, nor what ... Read more

Letter to the Editor

Son of late CYD founder Jeannetta Simpson Robinson thanks community for prayers, vows to continue mother’s mission of “Love In Action”

To the editor:
I must first, as my mother Commissioner Jeannetta Simpson-Robinson has taught me: “First, I Give Honor & Praise to my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.” I wish to thank each of you for your many calls, cards, faxes and e--mails locally and from all over the United States and the World. I have seen many of you at C.Y.D. or at my mother's home in the past several days. I know it’s has been difficult for some of you to actually get to me and like my mother actually did I wish I could see and ... Read more