What happened? Democrat Anthony G. Brown managed to lose the race for governorship in a solidly Democratic bastion like Maryland to his Republican opponent Larry Hogan even though heavy hitters like Bill and Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama came to the state to campaign for him. And while a […]
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The Challenge of Ebola
As our nation and the world face the deadly threat of Ebola, both our morality and our self-interest are at stake. Between 1976, when Ebola Virus Disease was first identified, through 2012, there were 2,387 identified cases, including 1,590 deaths, all in Central and East Africa. Yet, many in other nations remained focused upon what […]
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Watching the Elections from Abroad
JERUSALEM — On Election Night, I usually stay awake as long as my eyelids are willing to cooperate. But this year was different. Instead of alternating between watching CNN and tracking results on the Internet, I was in the Holy Land, nearly 6,000 miles from my office in Washington, D.C. With Daylight Savings Time going […]
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Know Your Rights, Make Your Vote Count
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Unlike any other time in American history, it is important for all eligible citizens to exercise their right to vote on November 4th. Recently, there has been significant dialogue regarding which party will control the House and the Senate in Washington. These conversations highlight a very real point…this election is critical […]
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Blacks, not Hispanics, Key to Election Victory
George E. Curry Although Latinos are growing at a faster rate than any other ethnic group in the United States, they will have less of an impact on whether Democrats retain control of the Senate than African Americans, according to a study of Census data by the Pew Research Center. The report, titled, “Latino Voters […]
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Fired Up and Ready to Vote in 2014
Gloria Hill Why? Because your rights are under attack from a group of radical Republicans, if you are: a minority (African American, Hispanic American, etc.) a woman a poor person a member of the middle class an elderly person a college student a member of the LGBT community a military family member a prisoner, who […]
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Democrats Bash Obama Yet Want Black Vote
Lauren Victoria Burke Here are a few election-time questions to think over: Why in the world do Democrats think they can bash President Obama and his policies and still win Black votes? Why should Black voters be motivated to turn out after months of watching Democrats bash the president? What exactly is the strategy for […]
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Children of Color Need a Level Playing Ground
Ben Jealous Some of our children may be falling behind by the time they reach the starting line. There is mounting evidence that many of the gaps facing communities of color – gaps in income, literacy and educational achievement – are already present by the time a child enters kindergarten. A report from the Center […]
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Voting for our Principles and our Interests
Each year, we recall Dr. King’s dream for an America in which each of us is judged by the content of our character, not by the color of our skin. Now, in 2014, we have the opportunity to once again vote for this empowering vision here in Maryland. Rep. Elijah Cummings Our elections this year […]
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Ebola and the Problem of (Our) Isolation
We are isolating persons infected and affected by the Ebola crisis, but not along the lines the medical and public health sectors are promoting as a strategic response to the outbreak. Rather, America’s response to the recent Ebola outbreak throughout much of its deadly march across Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone has been largely one […]
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Republicans Still Earn ‘F’ on Civil Rights
The Leadership Conference of Civil Rights (LCCR), a coalition of more than 200 human rights groups, has issued a new congressional report card that reaches the same conclusion that similar analyses by the NAACP has reached in recent years: When it comes to issues important to the civil rights community, every Republican in the House […]
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NUL Backs “Put Our Children 1st”
Marc H. Morial In recent weeks, the latest major steps towards realizing the Brown v. Board of Education guarantee that education “is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms” have been taken. First, on September 22, the National Urban League launched the second phase of our Put Our Children 1st […]