Category: Editorial

For years, Marylanders have argued over gaming. In years before, much of the contention seemed to center on the moral and social considerations of gambling—whether it leads to addiction, personal bankruptcies and increased crime and becomes a scourge on already-suffering communities. This election, the referendum on gaming elicited more politically- and economically-influenced arguments. Question 7 […]

As a child, I watched my father, an African American physician, work in some of the most underserved neighborhoods in our community. He treated medical conditions that had escalated to serious illness and disability because of lack of access to affordable, quality health care. Although he served these communities with hope, it pained him to […]

C. Anthony Muse now returns his focus to his job as State Senator for District 26 at a critical time for him and his district. There’s the fight over a possible casino at Rosecroft Raceway, which lies in his district. However there’s also the question of where he now stands as a politician in the […]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” When he unknowingly signed onto the fight for civil rights for “Negroes,” he had no idea the hope he brought to those who’d been down trodden so long they didn’t know where to find “up.” Without the […]

On behalf of the employees and volunteers at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Maryland Health Care System, I would like to thank our veterans for their military service and to wish them and their families a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year. Without their service and sacrifice, without their defending the freedoms we all […]

For more than 230 years, our brave service men and women have underwritten our freedom by duty, honor and selfless service. Come Nov. 11, Americans everywhere will give pause on Veterans Day to honor our men and women who have served in the armed forces. Because of its size and abundance, it’s easy to forget […]

For Mayor Sen. Catherine E. Pugh In order for us to explain our endorsement of 40th District Senator Catherine Pugh, we have to begin with those we did not endorse. First, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is the first sitting mayor in the modern history of the Baltimore AFRO American Newspaper not to respond to our […]

In 2006, a group (the “Coalition”) consisting of friends and supporters, alumni and students of some of the area’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) organized to initiate action they individually and collectively believed needed to be taken to address inequities which the State has for too long failed to correct. At issue was a […]