By Aqeela Sherrills In recent months, the Department of Justice “cancelled hundreds of grants to community organizations and local governments,” which included funding for programs authorized under the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Hundreds of organizations doing life-saving work that makes communities safer and more resilient are dealing with the devastating and reeling impact of these […]
Category: OPINION
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What will Congress do about the president violating the constitution
By Dr. John E. Warren The real issue in America is no longer what Donald Trump is doing with his daily and consistent violation of the U.S. Constitution, but rather, what will the Congress do in light of the blatant violations of the Constitution and the Oath of Office. The president and members of Congress […]
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Opinion: The great unraveling: How this week marked the legal end of constitutional America
The United States has entered an authoritarian phase marked by constitutional erosion, mass surveillance, political arrests, and economic destabilization driven by the implementation of Project 2025. As democratic norms collapse and survival becomes politicized, citizens are urged to prepare, organize and resist through local resilience and civic defiance.
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Op-ed: From trauma to advocacy, a Black mother’s mission to end family policing
Mashai Small, a Black mother and abolitionist, shares her harrowing experience of having her children forcibly removed by Maryland’s child welfare system, which she and others call the “family policing system,” exposing its disproportionate and traumatizing impact on Black families. Now advocating for systemic change, she urges others to join the Black Mothers March in D.C. this Mother’s Day weekend to demand accountability, justice, and the protection of Black families.
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The necessity of political warfare
Dayvon Love is director of public policy for the Baltimore-based think tank, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. This week, he speaks on the political warfare being waged by the current presidential administration.
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Commentary: Legally Written: The message behind rebuilding Alcatraz
By Kisha Brown, Esq. There’s a reason prisons are built long before they’re filled. The decision to reopen Alcatraz, floated recently by President Donald Trump and amplified on social media, isn’t just another campaign soundbite—it’s a dog whistle. It’s a chilling signal to Black communities across America that the same old playbook of fear, incarceration […]
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Opinion: The Constitution was court-martialed: How the firing of America’s military lawyers signals the collapse of justice
The mass firing of top military legal officers and the rollback of civil rights protections mark a coordinated assault on constitutional checks to advance authoritarian control, with the greatest impact falling on marginalized communities.
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Opinion: Is America still a ‘Shining City’ on a hill?
By R.L. Byrd On the night of Jan. 11, 1989, near the end of a 21-minute farewell address, President Ronald Reagan asked the television audience, “How stands ‘The City’ on this winter night?” The City—a reimagined America based off highly controversial pioneer John Winthrop’s 1600’s America—refers to the country being a beacon of light. “A […]
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Why Bronny James made it — and Shadeur Sanders almost didn’t
Bronny James and Shedeur Sanders have both benefited from their fathers’ influence, but their paths to the NBA and NFL have been different, with Bronny being drafted by the Lakers and Shedeur being drafted by the Browns, despite his father’s claims of him being a first-round pick.
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Opinion: What is the state of our union after 47th president’s first 100 days?
James Jerome Hankins is an author, journalist, realtor, coach, veteran, former teacher, NAACP local president, caregiver and North Carolina A&T State University 1971 graduate. In this article he discusses the ways in which the 47th president is not making the grade.
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Opinion: Canary Mission and the new McCarthyism: How a digital blacklist is attempting to silence a generation
Canary Mission, a secretive online blacklist, targets predominantly marginalized students who advocate for Palestinian rights or otherwise criticize Israeli and U.S. government policies, leading to real-world consequences like job loss, immigration issues and online harassment. Critics argue it mirrors historical repression tactics, threatening free speech and democratic dissent on U.S. campuses under the guise of combating hate.
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Commentary: Baltimore heroes of Belair-Edison and Johnston Square
By Cory V. McCray What began as a modest project to celebrate Baltimore and uplift our young scholars blossomed into something far more powerful earlier this month. Who would have imagined portraits of Regina Hammond and her husband, Keith hanging just steps away from internationally acclaimed artwork in the Baltimore Museum of Art? Mrs. Hammond […]