Category: Commentary

Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney — A wise sage once said, “A lie can run around the world before the truth has gotten its shoes on.”  Assessing the performance of Republican presidential candidates inthe current campaign,” I can only assume that those responsible for their coaching used that quote as foundation for their last preparation […]

Elijah Cummings Higher education transformed my life.  It was an opportunity that, working together, we can make available to everyone in our community. In this Information Age, it is not surprising that the average annual earnings for an individual with a college degree are 60 percent higher than those of high school graduates.  Yet, despite […]

The beginnings of Tessemae’s All Natural are rooted in one simple reality. Mothers will forever be looking for ways to get their kids to eat healthier. As the mother of three wild boys my mother was in constant pantry protection mode trying to manage the soda, candy, and potato chip in take. And she’ll tell […]

Dr. Ken Morgan Will there be a new university on North Avenue and Warrick called “UB-Coppin?” The University of Maryland System (USM) is working on it. Here’s the down and dirty. Federal Judge Catherine Blake’s ruling October 7, 2013 found that the state of Maryland’s  higher education system poorly addressed ending the segregationist programs. These […]

Marc H. Morial “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela  (October 30, 2015) This week, Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed andTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will join dozens of other elected officials, university presidents and education experts for an […]

Marquesa LaDawn Folks often wonder, why I’m so engaged in the lives of the Real Housewives?After all, I’m a professional woman who travels the world speaking and uplifting others.  Here are some of the reasons I am hooked:  1)    I think of Nene Leakes (RHOA), one of the first ladies to make the Real Housewives […]

Congressman Gregory Meeks of New York in an Oct. 21 statement bestowed unreserved praise on World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, stunning Black staffers at the World Bank who find these undeserved accolades groundless hyperbole at best, or an unqualified endorsement of the systemic dehumanization of African American staff and other people of color at […]

Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic candidate for president, shocked people when he noted that 51 percent of African-Americans aged 17 through 20 who have graduated high school or dropped out of high school are unemployed.  PolitiFact.com confirmed the statement as “mostly true,” suggesting that the numbers might even be worse than […]

Armstrong Williams Back in 2007, the prospect of the rise of a relatively unknown African-American senator from Illinois to the pinnacle of American politics was viewed as improbable at best.  Not only had the country never even come close to electing a Black president in its 250 year history, but there was entrenched, establishment candidates […]

Michael D. Smigiel, Sr. Maryland Rep. Harris (R) exemplified the worst in big government overreach by interfering with D.C. voters’ attempt to follow Colorado, Washington State and others in exercising political autonomy with Initiative 71, which would have established procedures for the production and sale of marijuana in the District. The initiative appeared on theballot […]

Warren Shadd Warren Shadd is making history while making beautiful music. He’s a third generation musician; a second-generation piano technician; and now the first African American piano manufacturer.  The “Shadd Pianos” are not only being played at the Vatican, but are the pianos currently used on the set of the massively successful Fox television show, […]

Marian Wright Edelman Amidst the shameful dysfunctional legislative gridlock of the U.S. House of Representatives, it was a great joy last week to celebrate a time and a leader – former Minnesota Senator and Vice President Walter Mondale – when bipartisanship, common sense and a national moral commitment to children and families almost became the […]