Category: OPINION

Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney – A few days ago, we saw our U.S. Supreme Court in action.  Even if you only saw snippets of Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt, a Texas case that threatens to take away a woman’s right to choose what to do with her body, you’ll understand why we need the […]

George E. Curry Most racial, ethnic, religious, and political groups in the United States vote for people who appear to represent their best interests. Yet, when African Americans do the same thing, many people seem surprised – including some Blacks. Blacks realize what is at stake in this election and have ignored the naysayers who […]

Elijah Cummings As Americans of Color, we have critical decisions to make in the elections this year, decisions that will affect our own lives and the lives of the generations of Americans yet to be born. This is our challenge.  Do we do everything within our power to sustain and build upon the progress that […]

John R. Hawkins III The Duties of the most powerful job on Planet Earth, the position of the President of the United States, are clearly defined and codified. The U.S. Constitution provides a very clear listing of those duties in Article II, Sections 2 and 3. (1) Is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of […]

Susan K. Smith “America, America, God shed his grace on thee!” Those are words from the song “America the Beautiful” that we all learned in elementary school. Well, if America ever needed grace and salvation, it is now. Donald Trump won the Nevada primary. He will most likely be the Republican nominee for president. Though […]

Oscar H. Blayton Twitter “blew up” Friday night with the hashtag #Nerdland after word got around that Melissa Harris-Perry was being “dogged out” by MSNBC, the network that tries to position itself as the antidote to Fox News.  In an email to her staff at the MHP show that afternoon, the talented scholar described the […]

Marian Wright Edelman Many of us have been thrilled by the video of 106-year-old mentor and school volunteer Mrs. Virginia McLaurin visiting the White House during a Black History Month celebration to meet – and dance with – President and Mrs. Obama. Her joy in being there and fulfilling her dream of meeting the first […]

James Clingman The “Silly Season,” as many call it, is well under way, and Black people are up to our necks in it. The usual suspects are jockeying for position with certain presidential candidates. They arevying for the Black spokesperson position, knocking one another down as they rush toward the microphones and cameras. They are […]

Melanie L. Campbell According to published reports, the city is experiencing a population boom for the first time in decades. With this comes a baby boom. Young people are moving to the city and they will want to stay here and raise families.  At the same time, our city is experiencing a growth in the […]

George H. Lambert Jr. Entrepreneurship drives business, whether it’s the corner shop or a Fortune 500 corporation. Because the federal government isn’t always known for its innovation or appetite for risk, people may not realize that in recent years, the nation’s capital has become a major force in the startup world, rivaling Silicon Valley and […]

Marian Wright Edelman The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is in the final stages of construction on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., next to the Washington Monument and near the National Museum of American History. It will be a transformative and long-overdue landmark in the center of the nation’s […]