Dr. E. Faye Williams Washington, DC –Many of us woke up this morning (August 16, 2015) to the news that Julian Bond, a hero who was at the forefront of the civil rights movement, had died. Julian was only 75 years old, and as many of us approach that number, we are especially saddened because […]
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH TALKING?
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq., President of the National Congress of Black Women (Courtesy Photo) TriceEdney – As I write this, the United States is only hours away from raising our flag over our embassy in Havana, Cuba, formally re-establishing diplomatic relations with the Cuban government. Re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba follows the well-publicized, […]
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There Is Still Work To Be Done
Elijah Cummings Last week, as our nation marked the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, I recalled our struggles here in Baltimore during that earlier time when I was young. I remembered how Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Esq., of the Baltimore NAACP taught the young people of my South Baltimore neighborhood that we had […]
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Warning: The Rising D.C. Homicides Threat
(AP David Goldman) As the summer nears its end, the death toll in D.C. is not subsiding. The city’s homicide count, for 2015, currently stands at 91 victims, a 28.2 percent increase, from 71 victims, at the same time last year. Causes for the spike in homicides can be attributed to several different factors, including […]
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Ferguson and Baltimore: Demonstrating Violence
People come to the aid of a distraught woman after gunshots were fired near a protest in Ferguson, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. The one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson began with a march in his honor and ended with a protest that was interrupted by gunfire. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) As protesters gathered […]
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Has Much Changed Since 1955?
Rika Tyler and T-Dubb-O Some may say much has changed since our grandparents were boycotting in the streets of the U.S. during the Civil Rights era. Some new laws and policies did in fact give Black people some of the same civil liberties as other citizens in this country. However, we are still being mentally […]
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A Journey of Mourning in Charleston
George H. Lambert, Jr Charleston, SC, is one of America’s most beautiful cities, but on June 29th I couldn’t see the beauty, because the pain cloaked it so thoroughly. The day before, during a conference call of the leadership of the Urban League Movement, I had learned that one of the nine victims of the […]
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Closing Balto’s City Jail–What Took Them So Long?
Now that Gov. Hogan has announced plans to “immediately” close the scandal plagued Men’s Detention Center housed in the Baltimore City Detention Center, questions must be asked. Namely, why did it take so long? Report after report has pointed out the inhumane conditions that persisted at the jail as well as the scandal of Black […]
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Blue Uniforms: Protectors or Predators?
There is an embedded terror in the U.S., and it is not the boogie man or ISIS. It’s racism. Racism is often expressed through stereotypes, unsubstantiated judgments, discrimination and violence. Lately, racism has been portrayed by the very individuals sworn to protect the communities in this country, regardless of race, culture, sexual orientation or creed. […]
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A Journey of Mourning in Charleston
George H. Lambert Jr. Charleston, S.C., is one of America’s most beautiful cities, but on June 29, I couldn’t see the beauty because the pain cloaked it so thoroughly. The day before, during a conference call of the leadership of the Urban League Movement, I had learned that one of the nine victims of the […]
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The Iran Deal
U.S. activist Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, sits in the audience and holds a sign that reads “World Wants Iran Deal” as Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew, testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, […]
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SAMUEL, SANDRA, AND CECIL
Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdney – We cannot deny that the United States is an animal loving country. Through the miracle of commercial television, almost any time, one can witness the deplorable conditions under which many animals are maintained. The television commercials that portray this misery are often accompanied by a melancholy musical score that, […]