By Anuli Phillips Candace Owens reveals the most violent truth about the nature of racism in America: It becomes internalized and reproduced by those it seeks to destroy. It is so prevalent, so putrid, so comprehensive that when left to its own mechanism, and gone unchecked, it rots the very souls of its victims. The […]
Category: OPINION
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Letter to the Editor: Vacant Lot
We as voters and tax payers in the city of Baltimore, should not be made to beg for services that should come regularly just as they do in upscale neighborhoods. I drive the city daily and I see the practice of selective distribution of resources and services. If the city wasn’t under staffed for the […]
Posted inCommentary, Coronavirus, Health, NEWS, OPINION
As COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccine Studies Begin, We Must Improve Minority Participation in Clinical Trials
By Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen The minority community’s relationship with the medical and scientific world has not been built upon trust. This is particularly true with African Americans. Brutal and unethical historical practices in medicine subjected African American bodies to dissection and autopsy material without their consent. In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their […]
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A FATHER’S DAY BLESSING
By Leeland A.M. Jones, III. M.D. A FATHER’S DAY BLESSING We Prophesy blessing over men and women, young & old Dry bones awaken, arise from the dead, come alive Grave cloths be shaken off Curses of shame & emasculation be broken off your life Time to come out of the graves of death, despair & […]
Posted inCommentary, Coronavirus, Health, National News, NEWS, OPINION
OP-ED: Can’t Stay Home, Can’t Keep Curfew: People Experiencing Homelessness Caught in Pandemic, Curfews, Violence
By BlackPressUSA National Advocates Renew Call for Housing, Safety By The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty People experiencing homelessness in the United States—already at heightened risk and with fewer resources due to the pandemic—now face even greater challenges as a result of the both the violence sweeping many city streets and the curfews many […]
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COMMENTARY: Faith and Common-Sense, Ways to Fight Coronavirus
By BlackPressUSA “I was Just Thinking” Norma Adams-Wade By Norma Adams-Wade, Founding Member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Texas Metro News Columnist Fannie Mae Miles Bradford, at 89, has experienced more in her lifetime than many of the government officials who are advising us about our lives today. So, Mrs. Bradford is approaching […]
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COMMENTARY: ENOUGH
Will the Murder of George Floyd Finally Bring About the Change Black People Have Been Demanding? By Jeffrey L. Boney, Houston Forward Times Associate Editor “I can’t breathe!” This has become an all too familiar phrase, uttered by yet another African American man on video, nearly six years after America was temporarily traumatized by the […]
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Op-ed Submission: The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let’s Not Put Our Health at Risk
By J.C. Watts Washington, D.C., city attorney George Valentine was black, brilliant, and fit. But after contracting COVID-19, he became so weak, he had trouble moving and even speaking. When it got to the point where he could barely breathe, George called an ambulance and waited on the steps of his house for it to […]
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OpEd: Be Brave Class of 2020
By Camilla Johnson Perry Special to the AFRO Congratulations to the class of 2020! They have worked hard and accomplished a rite of passage in these challenging and unprecedented times. Their perseverance is evident, and the nation’s hope for equality lies within the resilience of the future leaders of their graduation class. We as parents […]
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Open Letter to Editor: Black Lives Matter
Letter to Editor: BLACK LIVES MATTER With a Democratic governor in office, and the party in full control of Virginia state government for the first time in a generation. Real criminal justice reform starts with repealing Truth –in- Sentencing “Proposal […]
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COMMENTARY: When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home?
By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor There is a ground swell in America, and for 13 days there has been multiracial protests and demonstrations based on the killing of George Floyd by four Minnesota police. There have been many different videos of the killing, with Mr. Floyd handcuffed and policeman Derek Chauvin holding his knee […]
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Black Church Faces Atypical Crisis
By Lisa Olivia Fitch If a tsunami happens on the other side of the world, some may be unaware and unaffected. Others may hear the news and be aware of the disaster, but still be unaffected. Still others may be aware and only inconvenienced by the tsunami, cancelling plans to visit that part of the […]