George E. Curry This season’s national college football championship has been decided, but no one knows how much longer we must continue to wait until the head coaching ranks are no longer largely reserved for White males, even those who have been failures at other schools. Although Blacks were 53.4 percent of Football Bowl Subdivision […]
Category: Commentary
The Conservative Right’s War Against Voting Rights
Lee A. Daniels Those who’ve wondered how, after the Civil War abolished slavery, America became – while a democracy in rhetorical terms – in reality an apartheid state should be paying close attention to the machinations of the Republican Party and the conservative movement. They’ve been providing example after example of how democratic forms can […]
CAN’T THEY COUNT BEYOND 2?
Dr. E. Faye Williams Trice Edney—In the last ten years, we have had tragedies resulting in more than 100,000 Americans dying as a result of gun violence. Some in Congress have such little regard for life that they have chosen not to act to stop this violence. They sit back and criticize and act as […]
National Black Church Initiative Declares Mayor Rahm Emanuel Morally Unfit to Continue as Mayor
Washington, DC – The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans calls on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign. NBCI’s President points to Emanuel’s lack of moral authority as the reason he can no longer stay as leader of Chicago. In this Sept. […]
Advancing Dr. King’s Vision for Peace
Elijah Cummings During this holiday season when people of all faith traditions recommit ourselves to living our faith and forging a better world, we cannot help but reflect upon the lessons that we learned in childhood about the eternal dream for peace on earth and goodwill toward all of humanity. For me, these reflections are […]
Reflecting on 200 Years of BGE and the Smart Energy of the Future
Calvin G. Butler Jr. This June, a company, a city and an entire industry will observe a major milestone. BGE – Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, turns 200. The company was founded as the Gas Light Company of Baltimore in 1816. Very few companies from 1816 are still around today, but this is not the […]
How to Have a Global Happy New Year
Maj Gen US Army (ret) John R. Hawkins III The French have an expression that when translated states “…the more things change, the more they stay the same.” We as a global people can ill afford to continue to live that saying given our past of killing one-another in the name of religion or political […]
The Real Objection to Paying College Athletes
George E. Curry As the University of Alabama football team prepares to line up against Clemson University Jan. 11 in Glendale, Ariz. to decide the national collegiate championship, it’s worth noting that the Crimson Tide wouldn’t be “rolling” in success and the money that accompanies it without its Black players, led by 2015 Heisman Trophy […]
‘Southern Justice’ in Cleveland
Lee A. Daniels Now, at the onset of the two months when many pay special attention to America’s racial past and present, the crime the Cuyahoga County, Ohio prosecutor committed not only against Tamir Rice and his family but American society as a whole offers an invaluable history lesson. It’s that grievous sins of the […]
LOOKING BOTH WAYS
Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney — I’ve always been intrigued with the symbolism used to depict change from one year to another. It’s interesting to see my 365 days through a year represented by a decrepit old man who’d been a baby just 365 days before! I’m more amazed that the symbolism hasn’t changed and […]
Shift Presidential Attention from Insults to Substance
George E. Curry In politics, 2015 was the year of insults for those seeking the Republican nomination for president. And Donald Trump was the undisputed Insulter-in-Chief. Among his numerous lowlights: Trump insulted former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina’s appearance by saying: “Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? I mean, she’s a woman, and […]
What Will 2016 Usher In?
By Marc H. Morial “Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory […]

