By Barbara D. Parks-Lee, Ph.D., CF, NBCT (ret.), NNPA ESSA Awareness Campaign When cultures clash in the classroom, students, teachers, administrators, parents, and the community at large all suffer. Education, […]
Category: Commentary
The Fight for Life
By Dr. Dennis W. Smith Our meticulously designed capabilities as a people are not mere engraved metaphors, but real attributes bestowed upon us by ‘All-Mighty.’ Inequality seems to be […]
Stop Fighting Poverty— End It
Submitted to the AFRO by George Jones There are enough resources, technology and brain power to completely break the cycle of poverty in this region in 20 to 25 years. […]
African Americans, Child Sexual Abuse and Mental Health
Submitted to the AFRO by Rhonda Wilbon & Kevin Daniels April 2019 marks the 18th Anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. During the month of April, all around the country, […]
Happy Jackie Robinson Day
Submitted to the AFRO by William B. Robertson Born and raised in Roanoke, Virginia, I am now 86 years old and live in Baltimore, Maryland during the warm months. However, my […]
COMMENTARY: Wordz of Wilson — Black Heroes
By Chelle Wilson, International Secretary of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorotity, Inc., Texas Metro News “The Need for Heroes” by Langston Hughes was featured in a 1941 issue of The Crisis. He […]
An Ode to Nipsey
By Shana Trammel, AFRO Columnist Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was only 33 years of age when he was shot and murdered outside of his establishment, Marathon Clothing Company, located in South […]
Lives Remain In the Balance: 2019
Submitted to the AFRO by Congressman Elijah Cummings If President Trump and his Republican allies would seriously consider both their sense of humanity and the lessons of history, they would […]
Letters To The Editor
Submitted to the AFRO by Briana Cardwell To the Editor: In “The Crisis of Immigration and the Welcoming of Strangers” you reflected on how the immigration crisis is a call to […]
Is Baltimore City Broken?
By Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead, Special to the AFRO Between Baltimore City and the rest of the world, there is always a hint of an unasked and therefore unanswered question. It […]
REV. EARLE J. FISHER: After #MLK50: #MLK51 – Going in circles
By Rev. Dr. Earle J. Fisher, Special to The New Tri-State Defender I remember the pomp and circumstance of #MLK50. Plenty of lights, cameras, actions, and lofty promises. A year […]
COMMENTARY: The Fight for Equal Pay, Gender Parity Heats Up
By Barrington M. Salmon,Contributing Writer, Black Press USA Despite the United States touting itself as the bastion of freedom and equality, women in this country – despite comprising 50.8 percent […]