Category: Opinion

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 […]

By Margot Brown From the moment I met Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson, I embraced what so many Black women felt — I saw myself, my daughters, and the many generations of women who came before us all. An exceptionally qualified professional, wife and mother, Justice Jackson greeted me, my husband, and my children with grace and […]

By BlackPressUSA Many in the social justice community and the Menthol Is Not A Crime network are opposed to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposal to ban menthol-flavored and other flavored cigarettes. Since 85 percent of menthol smokers are Black, at first glance, this might seem like a good way to curb smoking-related health […]

Submitted by Sam Cox There is something about the recent SCOTUS ruling on abortion that puzzles me. Why isn’t every lawyer with half a brain clamoring to have every justice that voted to overturn Roe charged with the following violation of the US Code  923. 18 U.S.C. § 371 for conspiring to defraud the public, concerning the original intent of […]

Submitted by Fagan Harris Beginning July 7th, when early voting starts, Baltimore will join the rest of Maryland to answer the most critical question confronting our state: who will be our next governor? The answer will set our city and state’s trajectories for the next decade and beyond. We arrive at the question at a […]

By Rev. Dr. K. A. Slayton There’s a familiar saying that suggests, maybe “the third time’s a charm.” While it’s still a very popular idiom in our Western culture it simply suggests that sometimes twice simply isn’t enough. I considered this when I focused on the upcoming Maryland Gubernatorial election and the potential promise of […]

By Ben Jealous Did you ever wonder whether elections really matter? Well, the Trump Supreme Court majority has answered that question for good. Or, more accurately, they have answered it for bad. In the term that has just ended, the new far right-wing majority on the Supreme Court went on a rampage. They have torn […]

By Ben Jealous “Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?”   Those are the words of Ruby Freeman, a Black woman and election worker in Georgia during the 2020 election. She and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, were falsely accused by Rudy Giuliani of rigging the election […]