Anyone who has lived in Baltimore’s inner, inner city for as long as I have knows that we do not have a deficit of talent among the young people in […]
Category: Commentary
Mourning in America
I woke up the day after election day to what I firmly believed when I went to bed was the impossible. Somehow, although when I look at the numbers I […]
STANDING ROCK IS ABOUT US, TOO!
Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney WireService — When my brothers were younger, a common playtime activity was the ‘game’ of “Cowboys and Indians.” Fueled by the Hollywood theatrical ‘Western’ genre, […]
The Coalition Speaks
It is time to vote and African American women make a difference. This is a call to all women 18 and older from all walks of life and all worldviews […]
EPA Works to Protect All of America
The EPA-Environmental Protection Agency was established on December 2, 1970 under Republican President Richard Nixon’s administration in the wake of elevated concerns about the environment. On October 28, 2016, the […]
Why We Need Universal Paid Leave
About this time last year, I found out the devastating news that my husband had stage 4 cancer. Although he is recovering now, I could still use a program like […]
OUR STORIES, OUR TRUTH: LOVING
TriceEdney – In my first year of law school, I learned about the case, Loving v. Virginia. Having grown up in the south, the case didn’t surprise me. A three-tiered […]
Give Us the Ballot: 2016
Understandably, both the press and the American public have focused our attention as voters this year on the campaigns to succeed Barack Obama as President of the United States. Yet, […]
Voting, Voting Rights and the Struggles Ahead
Voting is a right Blacks gained through blood, sweat, and tears since 1869. This was the year that Black men were given the right to vote. Plessey v. Ferguson, the […]
Ban The Box: The Next Step In Criminal Justice Reform
For a country that embraces a belief in second chances, America doesn’t do a very good job in extending the same fair chances to people with felony records. Approximately 24 […]
NO TIME FOR COMPLACENCY
Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney — I viewed the final 2016 presidential debate with great interest. It held few surprises, but served to confirm my evaluation of Donald Trump as […]
Black Faith Leaders Turn Focus to Next Generation
Recently we were moved by Zianna Oliphant — a brave young girl who spoke to the Charlotte City Council after the death of Keith Lamont Scott: “We are Black people […]