Submitted By Matthew Johnson As a man who prides himself on eschewing violent, hyper-masculine pastimes, I still find it very difficult to give up watching professional football, especially once the […]
Category: Commentary
The Crisis of Immigration and the Welcoming of Strangers
Submitted to the AFRO by Kevin Daniels As we celebrate the monumental life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who gave his life to dissolve social inequities for the […]
The Debt We Owe Haitians
Submitted by Oscar H. Blayton More than 500 Haitian soldiers (referred to as Les Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue) fought alongside French troops, Oct. 9, 1779, to aid the Americans in trying to […]
`Baltimore is My Beirut’
By Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead, Special to the AFRO Over the past weekend, as we celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., eleven people were shot in […]
COMMENTARY: Elected Enemies – The Government Shutdown That’s Crippling America
By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Political Analyst Imagine having to choose between paying your mortgage and picking up the much-needed prescription for your health crisis because the job you […]
COMMENTARY: Don’t Let Predatory Tax Loans Take Your Refunds
By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor For many consumers, the New Year brings an annual effort to file taxes early enough to help pay off big bills, replace major appliances […]
COMMENTARY: Tennessee’s Distorted Moral Narrative and Commitment to Voter Suppression
By Dr. Earle J. Fisher, The New Tri-State Defender On Tuesday morning, January 8, 2019, hundreds of lawmakers made pledges and took oaths evoking themes of freedom, justice, equality, fairness, […]
Realizing Dr. King’s Dream for America in our Time
Submitted by Congressman Elijah Cummings Next Monday, Americans of conscience will once again come together to reaffirm our commitment to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will […]
Remembering Dr. King and ‘The Other America’
Submitted by Charlene Crowell Once again on the third Monday in January, much of the nation will mark the anniversary of the death of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther […]
The Trump Shut Down Rolls On
By Steve Cole Let’s imagine the unimaginable. The partial U.S. government shutdown, now a record at nearly a month long, continues for another month, maybe two. Lots of paychecks missed. […]
The Annual Whitewashing of Martin Luther King Jr.
Submitted By Wim Laven Every year I ask myself questions about the shameful exploitation of Martin Luther King Jr.–why do Americans love to disgrace his message so much? Why is […]
COMMENTARY: Soft-core lynching
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Contributor I have been thinking about Jermaine Massey quite a bit since I heard about his story at the DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, Oregon. […]