Category: OPINION

Elijah Cummings Even looking beyond the campaign speeches and rallies of this election year, the contrast between the political parties on civil rights has been striking — and, where the Republican candidates and their positions are concerned, alarming.  Last week, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich suspended their presidential campaigns — virtually […]

Bonnie A. Sullivan The greatest number of Maryland’s low-income minority older adults lives in Baltimore City. In 2010 nearly 41 percent of low-income minority adults 60 years and older lived in Baltimore City, according to the Maryland Department of Aging. As the executive director of the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), I’ve seen first hand […]

Marc H. Morial “Eschewing political banalities, sloganeering and appeals to fears and suspicions, the candidates should seize the opportunity to challenge the nation to regain her sense of purpose by facing her imperfections, not apologetically, but with the firm resolve that this nation can and should do better.”   – National Urban League Executive Director Vernon […]

Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. The Flint water crisis is now 2 years old – and the water still isn’t safe to drink. There have been civil and criminal investigations, two congressional hearings and extensive reporting, particularly during the presidential primary in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder appointed a special task force. Yet, only 33 pipes – […]

Marian Wright Edelman Stories of Mother Love “They didn’t want me to have Walter because of my age. But I finally convinced them that age has nothing to do with love…What I had to give was love. And that’s what Walter needed . . . I never doubted that I could help Walter. Never, if […]

Lee A. Daniels Ted Cruz is gone – and good riddance. The Texas senator fully deserved his humiliating defeat by Donald Trump in the May 3rd Indiana GOP primary. He was undoubtedly the nastiest politician to prowl the halls of the U.S. Senate since the Red-baiter Joseph McCarthy back in the 1950s.  Unfortunately, the social […]

George E. Curry Leave it to Pat Buchanan, a former Richard Nixon speechwriter, to summarize why Whites fear an increasingly diverse United States.  As MediaMatters documented, he appeared May 5 on NPR’s Morning Edition to rant about America no longer looks like the America of his childhood. NPR Host Rachel Martin pressed him on his […]

What does it mean to support your community? As individuals, it’s everything from clearing the snow off your sidewalk to volunteering at your child’s school. For the University of Baltimore, it not only means that our students, faculty and staff are out in neighborhoods across the city, doing all kinds of work – it means […]

Omar Muhammad “Shark Tank,” the television show where entrepreneurs go hoping to get a deal and money for their business offers a perspective of how to get money for your business. This is a guide for everyone who doesn’t make it on to the show. Whether you are just starting out with an idea or […]

George E. Curry Last Saturday, President Obama attended his eighth and final White House Correspondents Dinner as president. Below are my favorite Obama zingers from the night: I do apologize – I know I was a little late tonight. I was running on C.P.T. – (laughter) – which stands for “jokes that White people should […]

Marc H. Moria “We find our population suffering from old inequalities, little changed by vast sporadic remedies. In spite of our efforts and in spite of our talk, we have not weeded out the over privileged and we have not effectively lifted up the underprivileged. Both of these manifestations of injustice have retarded happiness. No […]