By Mollie Mcmahon To the Editor: Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that we have to have 9 Supreme Court Justices. Nor would it require a Constitutional amendment to add more seats. In fact, Congress has expanded the Supreme Court five times throughout American history. Congress should use its constitutional authority to rebalance the […]
Category: Opinion
Posted inCommentary
Commentary: Juneteenth: Celebrating through our tears
By Dr. Kaye Whitehead On Jan. 1, 1863, Emilie Frances Davis, a 21-year-old freeborn Black woman, sat in her room in Philadelphia, Pa., pulled out her pocket diary, wrote her name in ink and cursive on the first page, and proceeded to describe her day. The day was historic: it was Jubilee Day, the moment […]
Posted inCommentary
Commentary: Juneteenth – A time for learning and creating a legacy – ‘Perfect timing’
By Maxine J. Wood “On June 19, 1865, about two months after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Va., Gordon Granger, a Union general, arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended. General Granger’s announcement put into effect the […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Moore Report: More bite-sized bits of news and notes…
Celebration of the 120th anniversary of Father John Dorsey’s Ordination By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Charles Dorsey, Jr. directed the Legal Aid Bureau in Maryland for many years, providing legal assistance and advice to the poor, unable to afford lawyers on their own. In April 1995, he died. The Bureau’s building, near City Hall, is […]
Posted inCommentary
Encouraging and supporting Black fathers
By David C. Miller Historically, Black fathers continue to be marginalized and depicted as absent, deadbeat and emotionally disconnected from their children. Within public discourse, these exaggerated portrayals have become a self-fulling prophecy in the hearts and minds of too many Black fathers. Father absence remains a significant issue with far-reaching generational implications. But imagine […]
Posted inCommentary
Racial violence, hate crimes, and “us”
By Dr. John E. Warren The recent slaughter of Black people at the TOPS Grocery Store in Buffalo, N.Y. carries a number of messages for those who are paying attention, even in our grief. First, we see another young White male, convinced that it’s ok to arm himself and seek out people of color to […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Moore Report: “Summer’s comin’ Blues”
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. I have lived in Baltimore City for 70 years now. I left briefly right after college, getting a community organizing job in Buffalo, N.Y. I returned to Baltimore at the end of that summer of ‘74 to take a teaching job; I didn’t want to be in Buffalo, N.Y. during […]
Posted inCommentary
America is not the greatest country in the world
By Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Ph.D. We are short-memoried people. We move quickly from one tragedy to the next, and despite our best intentions, it has become much harder to focus on and try to fix one thing because there is just too much happening. There is too much grief. There is too much sorrow. […]
Posted inOpinion
Black America needs to embrace independence
By Jarell Corley More and more, the Black community has become collateral damage in today’s politics. As much as we’ve gained from our close association to the Democratic Party, I fear we’ve lost even more. The moment Black America became a guaranteed block of voters for Democrats, was the moment our “special” relationship became one […]
Posted inReligion
The Moore Report: Holy Bad Attitudes and Behaviors: “Subversive Habits,” a book about White racism among nuns in the Catholic Church
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO If you have ever had your hand slapped by a sister in school or you were treated lovingly, I recommend a book for you: “Subversive Habits-Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle,” by Dr. Shannen Dee Williams. Catholic nuns, particularly, are viewed in […]
Posted inCommentary
Baltimore’s Phyllis A. Wallace, Ph.D. laid the groundwork for the modern EEOC
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume As a distinguished Black economist and activist, as well as the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate of economics at Yale University, Dr. Phyllis A. Wallace paved the way for women of color to enter the field of economics. Her endeavors were largely based on racial and gender discrimination within […]
Posted inOpinion
One in five U.S. adults could develop skin cancer by age 70
Prevention is Key to Happy and Healthy Skin By Tola Oyesanya, MD One in five Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer, or melanoma, by the age of 70, making melanoma the most common cancer in the US. With warmer weather approaching and COVID-19 restrictions lifting, many of us can’t wait to enjoy outdoor events […]