Category: Opinion

By Ben Jealous Some things are unthinkable—until they happen. For Jamie Raskin, a congressman and father, the first unthinkable thing was the loss of his beloved son Tommy to suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. As a father myself, my heart breaks when I imagine the grief experienced by Raskin and his family. The second […]

By Fedrick C. Ingram It started with us. Those deemed as some of the greatest minds in history — Plato, Pythagoras, Hippocrates — sat at the feet of Africans who taught them philosophy, geometry, and medicine. And just like all of humanity, education also sprang from African soil.  So, it is no wonder that education […]

By Catherine Pugh I was sitting at a dinner meeting recently that began with a family tradition: before the meal, we bless the food. When the president of the organization finished the invocation, I began thinking about things that once were traditions in many  Black  families– including my own –that don’t occur as often today. […]

By Sharon Williams In less than two years into his first term in office, President Joe Biden has achieved more than any other President in American history. He has been able to do this with the “bottom up middle out” strategy—meaning helping the lower and middle classes first— instead of top-bottom, which typically benefits the […]

By Special to the AFRO For a decade, Baltimore has suffered from too much turnover among its elected and administrative officials.  In the last ten years, we have had four mayors, five police commissioners, three public works directors, and too many other short-term administrators.  The Comptroller and half of the City Council have been in […]

By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO A few nights ago, I attended a showing of “The Woman King,” at the invitation of Paul Coates who invited a theater filled with friends, family, and associates.  I was more than delighted that I had accepted the invitation. I had no expectations and was told by my […]