It was quite a process to narrow more than 400 columns down to 80. I write weekly, though, and I don't always write about President [Barack] Obama, so that was the easy elimination.

People have been unhappy for a long time about the two-party system.

Cutting HBCUs was unconscionable. Implementing new regulations on Parent Plus loans, which cost HBCUs 28,000 students, was hostile. At the same time, it is important to note that, except for his first two years, which were a missed opportunity, President [Barack] Obama faced rabid opposition from the Republicans.

I like to think that life lessons are learned and re-learned every day and take on importance at different times in life.

This was in 2004, and it told me that President [Barack] Obama intended to be very careful and noncontroversial in addressing race matters. I

Young African - millennials really love Barack Obama.

Don't believe the hype that black North Carolinians are not voting. We've heard this time and time again. It's just not the truth.