By Zekeh S. Gbotokuma In July 2022, Maryland voters carried out their civic duty. They drove and walked to polling stations to vote for candidates running in a variety of […]
Category: Opinion
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Tammy Boyd: Improving healthcare for low-income Americans through better managed care
By Tammy Boyd I handled healthcare policy for the late Congressman John Lewis, and today I work for the Black Women’s Health Imperative. If you work in healthcare policy today, […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Moore Report: The search: a Baltimore to New York tale
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO We stepped off the train in Manhattan, N.Y. as if we owned the town, but neither Erich, Chris or I had […]
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Editorial: The social crisis, Black folks and the economy
By John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint It appears that we continue to live in Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” He wrote these words: […]
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Menthol cigarettes cause damage to Baltimore’s Black community
By Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway, Sr. Every day I see young people in my West Baltimore community walking into gas stations and corner stores to buy menthol cigarettes and […]
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Jobs are key to stopping the bullets
By Bill Curtis Langston Hughes would be shocked. Dreams are not deferred in Baltimore. Dreams in Baltimore are barricaded behind hard violence, illiteracy, and a phalanx of “leadership” without vision. […]
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Op-ed: The Power of the Truth
By Ben Jealous The truth has power. That is why an army of politicians, lawyers, political schemers, media personalities, and admirers of former President Donald Trump have tried so hard […]
Posted inNational News
TBE#29 – #WeAreBG: Hope Surges For The Release Of WNBA Star Brittney Griner
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Please continue to pray for my family and all the other families of the wrongfully detained, as our pain remains […]
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The Moore Report: In case you missed it: to squeegee or not to squeegee is still the question after 40 years
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Within the past 40 years, we built two expensive quality stadiums– Oriole Park and Ravens Stadium– for wealthy team owners and we closed down recreation […]
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Editorial: The Needs of American Citizens vs. Support for Ukraine
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper There is no question that the United States and its allies around the world are committed to […]
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Commentary: The Moore Report – Frank Wills: The Black patriot who did his job and brought down a president 50 years ago
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO There once was a president named Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974) who was the first president in U.S. history to resign. There […]
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Op-ed: The case against Katie O’Malley
By Dayvon Love We are in a moment where social justice issues are being commodified by those who are political and economic elites who have been drivers of oppressive systems. […]