Congressman Elijah Cummings As I consider the consequences for our future during this critical election year, it is no overstatement to observe that our future will be on the ballots […]
Category: OPINION
U.S. Banks Shortchange Justice
George E. Curry While our attention was focused last week on Bill Clinton becoming unhinged while defending his indefensible crime bill and insulting the Black Lives Matter Movement in the […]
Struggle for Voting Rights Justice Goes On
Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. On April 4, we celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King even as we marked the 48th anniversary of his assassination. On April 5, voters […]
The Fair Housing Act, 48 Years Later
Marc H. Morial “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white–separate and unequal. This deepening racial division is not inevitable. The movement apart can be reversed. Choice […]
TITHES VS. TAXES
Dr. E. Faye Williams Trice Edney – There was a time when I didn’t tithe. I, like many people, dropped my few dollars in the collection plate when it came […]
The Republican Gun Convention
In an online petition, more than 50,000 conservatives are leading a campaign to allow guns at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. The reason: Conservatives claim they will […]
Republicans Continue to Pay Lip Service to Blacks
Raynard Jackson I have received so many phone calls and e-mails asking me about the continued firings of the few Black staffers at the Republican National Committee (RNC) that I […]
Supreme Court Gives a Voting Rights Civics Lesson
José Felipé Anderson Just when you thought that the turmoil of recent Supreme Court controversies would make us feel that the court may not protect our most precious rights, we […]
Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III’s Retirement Is a Testament to Family
John R. Hawkins III On April 5 Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, one of military’s most outstanding leaders, retired from the United States Army with full honors at Joint Base […]
Still Waging a Civil War
Rev. Susan K. Smith I remember when I was a teen and former Alabama segregationist Gov. George Wallace was running for president. To me, he was a hateful, vile and […]
Rejecting the Freedom to Discriminate
“All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class […]
The Terror Attacks and People Like Us
Lee A. Daniels Who are these people? That’s always my first thought when humanity has been again shaken by another act of terror somewhere around the globe: Who are these […]