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 political races.Voters had their say on who should get a political party nomination for offices such as comptroller, attorney general, governor, and Congress. The early […]
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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, you know that health equity – or ensuring that disadvantaged populations get customized approaches to care and better medical outcomes – is a top priority. […]
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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 any idea where we were going. We were in New York to find our classmate and friend, Vic Thomas. He had a way of wandering […]
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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: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it […]
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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 other flavored tobacco products. They think it’s cool to smoke menthol cigarettes or other products like flavored cigars, because these products have a sweet taste […]
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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. Good people live in Baltimore. Good people, from Cherry Hill to Edmondson Village, to Wilson Park to Berea where former Mayor DuBurns lived. Many young […]
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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 to keep Americans from learning the truth about his effort to overturn the 2022 election. Fortunately, he failed to overturn the election. And he and […]
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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 active until our loved ones are brought home. Let’s continue to use our voices to speak the names of all the wrongfully detained Americans and […]
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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 centers in the city for lack of funding. Despite the best efforts of Baltimore City Public Schools leadership, the school system still struggles to give […]
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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 supporting the Ukraine people. We have demonstrated this by the amount of aid and relief already sent, and that which the American people collect and […]
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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 once was a hotel in D.C. named “Watergate,” where the president’s men broke in to steal secrets from his election opponents (the Democrats in 1972). […]
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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. Joe Biden has attempted to style himself after FDR, in an effort to appear sympathetic to social justice issues. We all remember the ridiculous picture […]