The Infrastructure Bill and Build Back Better Act are recent examples By Congressman Kweisi Mfume President Joe Biden has been to Baltimore twice in the last four weeks. This is unusual frequency for presidential visits. First, he hosted a town hall meeting in our Congressional District which was broadcast live to the nation on television. […]
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Commentary: See Something, Say Something – Let’s Protect Witnesses in Criminal Cases
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume As we work to build a community that offers our young people more opportunities so they do not view a life of crime as their only option or the path of least resistance, we must also remind ourselves and our neighbors that we have a duty to stay engaged and informed […]
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Op-ed: National Recovery Month Keeps Hope Alive
Congressman Kweisi Mfume By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Whether heroin, cocaine, opioids, or other harmful substance is at the root of a substance use disorder, it important we remove the stigma from those seeking help. We can only build up our communities if we build up each other. We must keep hope alive in the very […]
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Black People are Dying at 1.4 Times the Rate of Whites in this Pandemic
Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Health care disparities are wide and show gaps among economic classes and races and these gulfs deepened with the COVID-19 pandemic. Among communities of color the healthcare response and outcomes have been especially catastrophic. The human death toll and suffering are great no matter […]
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Op-ed: Back to school: What history teaches us about education
Congressman Kweisi Mfume By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Students are now returning to school for another year, and I couldn’t be more concerned about how prepared they are to learn. COVID-19 is still a threat that has for 18 months disrupted their learning patterns, skill set and normal social interaction, so it’s important that we do […]
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Housing Insecurity is Inhumane
Congressman Kweisi Mfume By Congressman Kweisi Mfume On August 3rd the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidelines for a new eviction moratorium. Although this is a step in the right direction, it isn’t as expansive as the last one. For this reason, our government needs to do more to ensure that all […]
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The story of Gwen Levi: Non-violent elderly prisoners should not be the focus of our criminal justice system
Congressman Kweisi Mfume (Courtesy Photo) By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Special to the AFRO How Did We Get to This Place?—Too often we are forced to ask ourselves this question of the criminal justice system. Consider the recent case of Ms. Gwen Levi. As you may recall, Gwen Levi is a 76-year-old grandmother who lives in […]
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Up to $300 per child, if you filed. Monthly payments set to start July 15.
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Raising children is hard enough by itself—bringing human beings into existence is no small feat—but it has been especially difficult throughout the pandemic. Over the past sixteen months, families across America have struggled to put food on the table, to provide for their children, to save for their children’s futures. Many […]
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The For the People Act is crucial to our political survival
Congressman Kweisi Mfume (Courtesy Photo) By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Democracy is supposed to reflect the will of the people. For many years, all across America, men and women have fought and died to protect the right to vote. In this country we have long cherished the notion that the citizens will determine the direction that […]
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Infrastructure investments help grow small and minority owned businesses
Congressman Kweisi Mfume (Courtesy Photo) The American Jobs Plan can rebuild our nation’s physical infrastructure while creating opportunities for small and minority owned businesses to employ more people By Congressman Kweisi Mfume As each day passes, we feel closer to the moment when we can finally say this pandemic is behind us. While we are […]
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We need to make education a priority so we can lift ourselves Up
Congressman Kweisi Mfume (Courtesy Photo) The American Families Plan can transform Education across the country By Congressman Kweisi Mfume The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced a comprehensive new policy proposal called the “American Families Plan.” This policy proposal seeks to address a number of challenges in the everyday lives of the American people. It covers different […]
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Commentary: The importance of advancing community projects
Congressman Kweisi Mfume (Courtesy Photo) Why I have asked Congress to fund vital initiatives in the 7th Congressional District By Congressman Kweisi Mfume For the first time in more than ten years, the United States Congress will appropriate money to fund a variety of community projects in all 435 congressional districts across the country. These […]