Category: OPINION

James Clingman This is a follow up to an article I wrote several years ago. It reemphasizes the importance of action over rhetoric, and as we consider this particular time in history and all the financial and intellectual resources among Black people in America, I figure it’s time to revisit the concept of “potential.”  Have […]

Lee A. Daniels Remember when the conventional wisdom was that Jeb Bush was “the smart one” of the Bush brothers and would effortlessly steamroller his competitors on the way to 2016? Well, the political outsiders Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina have all crashed the GOP establishment’s big dance, turning those predictions into fodder […]

George E. Curry It’s time to give Minister Louis Farrakhan credit. When he issues a call for people to join him in the nation’s capital, Blacks show up. At least a million showed up for the Million Man March 20 years ago and at least two-thirds as many showed up for Saturday’s Justice or Else […]

TriceEdney— If you were born between 1930 and 1960, you may remember that the Western Genre, or as it was more commonly called, the “Cowboy  Movie,” was a favored theatrical production of the times.  The genre even overlapped into performance radio and television. In fact, the television series “Gunsmoke” stands as the longest-running (20 years) […]

Charly Carter It’s 2015 and Baltimoreans still don’t have access to high-speed Internet. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake recently issued the Smarter City Task Force Broadband Report, detailing how the city should move ahead in developing high speed Internet access. She also hired Jason Hardebeck as a part-time contractual broadband coordinator for the city. While these are […]

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term on Oct. 5 amidst intrigue and controversy. Voting rights, affirmative action, union dues, and criminal justice cases are on the 2015 docket which is also the 10th anniversary of the highly criticized Roberts Court. There may even be retirements as the Court positions itself […]

Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney—After all of the senseless killings in schools, in churches, in workplaces, on streets by civilians and by those charged to protect and to serve us; I cannot help but wonder, “When will it end?” Our world has become increasingly mean and violent. Tempers are short.  People take what doesn’t belong […]

Raynard Jackson (Courtesy Photo) The political story of the year by far is the sudden resignation of House Speaker, John Boehner. His announcement on Sept. 25 sent shock waves throughout the body politic. Boehner’s resignation was a direct result of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy; not Trump the person, but rather what Trump represents. In many […]

Lorene Garrett-Browder The beauty of black women and girls is not seen in society’s myths and assumptions about what is desirable in terms of beauty, skin color, hair, body image, sexuality, sensuality, age, sexual orientation, language, class, religion, or gender. The myths and assumptions that society carries about us influence the lives of black women […]

There is no city in the nation that’s growing faster than the population of 70 million Americans with criminal records. Mike Green For employers, there exists a real opportunity to disrupt the continuous cycle of quarantining humans. And for the sake of society at large, sustainable employment may not only represent our best opportunity to […]

Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdney—As much as I wanted to sleep on the morning Pope Francis spoke to Congress, I forced myself to get up to go to the National Mall to hear what he had to say.  What a treat!  He spoke on nearly all the issues of concern to me.  I’m so […]