Category: OPINION

Marian Wright Edelman “If you were to look down upon the world today, you would see a world divided by wars and natural disaster…you would think there is little hope…Even though there is a lot of bad in the world, we have to believe there is more good. We have to believe in tomorrow.” -Jonathan, […]

James Clingman On Dec. 3, 2015, the Collective Empowerment Group (CEG), formerly known as the Collective Banking Group (CBG) of Prince George’s County and Vicinity, will celebrate a milestone achievement: Its 20th anniversary. The CEG was established in 1995 by 21 churches in response to discrimination and mistreatment by banks, some of which had financed […]

Lee A. Daniels Ben Carson is in serious political trouble, as his wacky and right-wing views on numerous issues draw more scrutiny and critical pieces of the “inspirational” back story he’s been telling for years get exposed as “fabrications.”  A looming question now is what more of the political games of truth and consequences regarding […]

George E. Curry Writing under the headline, “Police lives matter too,” Chicago Tribune Columnist John Kass summed up the sentiment – and mass hysteria – surrounding the supposed Sept. 1 murder of a policeman in a bedroom community 50 miles north of Chicago: The killing of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz had nothing […]

Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney — A wise sage once said, “A lie can run around the world before the truth has gotten its shoes on.”  Assessing the performance of Republican presidential candidates inthe current campaign,” I can only assume that those responsible for their coaching used that quote as foundation for their last preparation […]

Elijah Cummings Higher education transformed my life.  It was an opportunity that, working together, we can make available to everyone in our community. In this Information Age, it is not surprising that the average annual earnings for an individual with a college degree are 60 percent higher than those of high school graduates.  Yet, despite […]

The beginnings of Tessemae’s All Natural are rooted in one simple reality. Mothers will forever be looking for ways to get their kids to eat healthier. As the mother of three wild boys my mother was in constant pantry protection mode trying to manage the soda, candy, and potato chip in take. And she’ll tell […]

Dr. Ken Morgan Will there be a new university on North Avenue and Warrick called “UB-Coppin?” The University of Maryland System (USM) is working on it. Here’s the down and dirty. Federal Judge Catherine Blake’s ruling October 7, 2013 found that the state of Maryland’s  higher education system poorly addressed ending the segregationist programs. These […]

Marc H. Morial “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela  (October 30, 2015) This week, Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed andTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will join dozens of other elected officials, university presidents and education experts for an […]

Marquesa LaDawn Folks often wonder, why I’m so engaged in the lives of the Real Housewives?After all, I’m a professional woman who travels the world speaking and uplifting others.  Here are some of the reasons I am hooked:  1)    I think of Nene Leakes (RHOA), one of the first ladies to make the Real Housewives […]

Congressman Gregory Meeks of New York in an Oct. 21 statement bestowed unreserved praise on World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, stunning Black staffers at the World Bank who find these undeserved accolades groundless hyperbole at best, or an unqualified endorsement of the systemic dehumanization of African American staff and other people of color at […]

Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic candidate for president, shocked people when he noted that 51 percent of African-Americans aged 17 through 20 who have graduated high school or dropped out of high school are unemployed.  PolitiFact.com confirmed the statement as “mostly true,” suggesting that the numbers might even be worse than […]