Category: Commentary

BALTIMORE, Md. (July 14, 2015)—Mayor Rawlings-Blake along with Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP), and members of the community unveiled her new plan for the city’s recreation centers and pools. (Photo/mayor.baltimorecity.gov) The recreation center is the meeting place for the community, a place to bond, an escape from the outside world.  In Baltimore, an escape […]

Lee A. Daniels Donald Trump is streaming toward the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, scattering the campaign wreckage of the GOP establishment’s once-celebrated paladins, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio – and perhaps the GOP itself – in his wake.  And, while he’s at it, he’s vilely trashing the “old-fashioned” conventions of decency of language […]

George E. Curry Republican Presidential Debate:  Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times  “His challengers should know by now that they can’t beat Donald Trump at mockery, although Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tried anyway in Thursday’s two-hour presidential debate. For the second straight Republican debate, civility swiftly gave way to mayhem.”   […]

Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney – A few days ago, we saw our U.S. Supreme Court in action.  Even if you only saw snippets of Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt, a Texas case that threatens to take away a woman’s right to choose what to do with her body, you’ll understand why we need the […]

George E. Curry Most racial, ethnic, religious, and political groups in the United States vote for people who appear to represent their best interests. Yet, when African Americans do the same thing, many people seem surprised – including some Blacks. Blacks realize what is at stake in this election and have ignored the naysayers who […]

Elijah Cummings As Americans of Color, we have critical decisions to make in the elections this year, decisions that will affect our own lives and the lives of the generations of Americans yet to be born. This is our challenge.  Do we do everything within our power to sustain and build upon the progress that […]

John R. Hawkins III The Duties of the most powerful job on Planet Earth, the position of the President of the United States, are clearly defined and codified. The U.S. Constitution provides a very clear listing of those duties in Article II, Sections 2 and 3. (1) Is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of […]

Susan K. Smith “America, America, God shed his grace on thee!” Those are words from the song “America the Beautiful” that we all learned in elementary school. Well, if America ever needed grace and salvation, it is now. Donald Trump won the Nevada primary. He will most likely be the Republican nominee for president. Though […]

Oscar H. Blayton Twitter “blew up” Friday night with the hashtag #Nerdland after word got around that Melissa Harris-Perry was being “dogged out” by MSNBC, the network that tries to position itself as the antidote to Fox News.  In an email to her staff at the MHP show that afternoon, the talented scholar described the […]

Marian Wright Edelman Many of us have been thrilled by the video of 106-year-old mentor and school volunteer Mrs. Virginia McLaurin visiting the White House during a Black History Month celebration to meet – and dance with – President and Mrs. Obama. Her joy in being there and fulfilling her dream of meeting the first […]

James Clingman The “Silly Season,” as many call it, is well under way, and Black people are up to our necks in it. The usual suspects are jockeying for position with certain presidential candidates. They arevying for the Black spokesperson position, knocking one another down as they rush toward the microphones and cameras. They are […]