Dr. E. Faye Williams (Courtesy Photo) TriceEdney—A few days ago, a most amazing event occurred in the United States! You may have heard about it. Although I had background information on the event in question, the last thing I would have expected occurred. Two Albuquerque, New Mexico police officers were indicted by Bernalillo County District […]
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Taking the Path toward Justice
“We Must Accept Finite Disappointment, But We Must Never Lose Infinite Hope” Martin Luther King, Jr. The recent deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, followed by the tragic killings of NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, have put our nation at a crossroads. We face two very distinct paths. We can look away and […]
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Free Associate’s Degree: A Solution, But Not the Solution
We should all congratulate President Barack Obama for pulling the education debate into the 21st century, or perhaps dragging it into the late 20th century, by proposing access to free education through at least an associate’s degree. But this merely restates the obvious. As the White House documents supporting this policy point out, in the […]
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The Evil that is Boko Haram
Boko Haram There is nothing—no religion, no grievance, no way of thinking– to justify what Boko Haram did over the weekend when they sent what appeared to be a 10-year-old girl wearing a bomb into a crowded market in Northern Nigeria. The Nigerian Islamic terrorist group has been behind some of the most despicable acts […]
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From 12 Years a Slave to Selma to Obama
The movie “12 years a slave” rather brutally reminded us not only of the raping, lynching and public lashing our ancestors suffered, but also of the sheer humiliation of being stripped naked in public that they endured. America’s revered creed – the self evident truth that all men are created equal – did not apply […]
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MD HBCUs continue to fight for civil and human rights
Ken Morgan The Maryland higher education system (MHES) views and treats Coppin State University (CSU) as a ghetto school in the “hood” on North Avenue. Their view is rife with many of the stereotypes law enforcement agencies attributed to Michael Brown and Eric Garner in justifying their murders. The System is trying to shoot and […]
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The American Conscience: 21st Century Racial Injustice from the Perspective of Black Youth
Antonia Alakija Whichever stance you take concerning the events in Ferguson, I believe every American can agree that painful images of decomposing dead bodies on the pavement, mourning mothers crying on our televisions and police officers receiving death threats weigh heavily on the American conscience. However, it would be ignorant to believe these events are […]
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The Republicans Control Congress. Now What?
The third-highest ranking member of the Republican controlled House of Representatives gave a speech before a White supremacist group run by David Duke in 2002. And while Steve Scalise of Louisiana apologized after the information came out late last year and received some mild admonishments from his party, he still has his leadership position. These […]
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Protesting the Protesters
A group of protesters gather at Grand Central Terminal in New York, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. A number of protests have been staged around the country following recent grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in New York and Ferguson, Mo., over the deaths of unarmed black men. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) What is […]
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The Year Ahead: ‘No Vote-No Voice?
Saschane Stephenson On New Year’s Eve demonstrators in Cleveland, Boston, and New York marched amongst street revelers. On one hand, I appreciated the fact that the protestors remained committed to keeping the message of “Black Lives Matter” before the nation. On the other hand I wondered for a moment, “What if…, and what then?” What […]
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DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT
Dr. E. Faye Williams, President National Congress of Black Women, Inc TriceEdney – Our Jamaican brother, Bob Marley, made a lot of meaningful songs that we would do well to revisit today. A masterpiece of his that comes to mind is the song that urged us to: “Get up, stand up, stand up for your […]
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CUBA: IT’S ABOUT TIME!
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdney—At President Obama’s first inauguration, my sister (Bettye LaVette) sang “A Change is Gonna Come” with Bon Jovi. Well, change has come! President Obama just made the insightful move to normalize relations with Cuba! Say what they will, his critics cannot say he doesn’t keep his promises. He is still […]