Category: OPINION

Recently, there has been a rash of fatal police encounters involving people who were experiencing a mental health crisis.  Concerned family members often call law enforcement when they feel out of options and think that their loved ones could possibly be a danger to themselves or others.  The problem is that there is a lack […]

Donald Trump’s 2005 comments about him having the ability to kiss and grope women’s genitals with impunity were ubiquitous last night on the stage at Washington University in St. Louis, sight of the second presidential debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton. There seemed to be room for little else, including the plight of Black America. […]

TriceEdney – On May 17, 1918 in Lowndes County, Georgia, Mary Turner, a twenty year-old, eight-month pregnant widow was lynched.  According to reports, she was hung by her ankles, shot, doused with diesel fuel and set ablaze.  In due course, her stomach was cut open and her unborn child fell to the ground crying at […]

George H. Lambert Jr. For African Americans, Sept. 24, 2016 will be etched in memories and history as on a glorious Fall day, President Barack Obama rang a bell from one of America’s oldest Black churches to formally open the Smithsonian’s National African American Museum of History and Culture. I was privileged to have been […]

If there was ever a time that blue chip high school Black athletes should stand down and take a knee it is now.  The time for fighting the intoxication of celebrity that goes with Nick Saban or Urban Meyer visiting your home guaranteeing NFL wealth and riches if you play college football for him at […]

About a year ago, I walked into Womb Works on Wallbrook Avenue and there were framed portraits of the staff hanging on the wall. Wombs Works is an African-centered music, dance and theater company founded by Kay Lawal-Muhammad and Rashida Forman-Bey in 1997. In each portrait, Womb Work staff wore a smile and radiant brown […]

TriceEdney – As an African American, I was overjoyed to learn there would be an African American History and Culture Museum on the National Mall.  Without question, the truth of our story needs to be told.   Some may choose to blame our challenges on us; but, when I gave my donations for building “The […]

At our annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Dinner in Washington D.C. earlier this month, President Obama shared some important insights about this year’s elections. Elijah Cummings Speaking to the CBCF for the last time as President, he made it clear to us all that his presidency must not be an endpoint, but, rather, a renewed […]

John R. Hawkins III The first presidential candidate debate is over. While it was informative and even entertaining, from my foxhole, most importantly it was insightful. While actions and failures to act in the past as well as plans for future actions are important, to me, the most important information I can gather from a […]

Over the past three decades, studies on arts integration into classrooms and its relationship with the development of the cognitive mind have brought promising possibilities. Dr. Michael Gazzaniga, a nationally renowned cognitive neuroscientist, said at a recent conference, “We know that the brain has a system of neuropathways dedicated for attention….We know that training these […]

As my readers know, I don’t pay much attention to polls. I think they are a total waste of time and have proven to be extremely inaccurate over the past few years. According to polls, Mitt Romney should have been president after the 2012 elections. Raynard Jackson (Courtesy Photo) Just as the polls have been egregiously […]