An armistice ending the hostilities between Germany and the Allied Nations became effective on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. Armistice Day, which was commemorated for the first time on November 11, 1919, became a legal holiday in 1938. Veteran service organizations urged Congress in 1954 to change the word “Armistice” to […]
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Obama’s Media Coverage Half as Positive as 2008
Barack Obama campaigned for president four years ago on a theme of change. Now, four years later, he has seen change in the way the media has covered him – change for the worse. That’s a major finding of an exhaustive study by the Pew Research Center titled, “Winning the Media Campaign 2012.” The report […]
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Letter to the Editor:
We have already won! It is not quite 3 p.m. on Nov. 6 in the central United States. The national polls, depending on where you live in the country, will not close for hours. Yet, I am making a bold prediction that President Barack Obama will win and those of us who worked for his […]
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Ghanaian Odyssey Makes Stateside Needs Stand Out
I have vivid childhood memories of learning about life in Africa by reading National Geographic. As I’d leaf through the magazine seeing pictures of beautiful people, an amazing landscape and wild animals roaming the plains, I got a chance to learn about my ancestral homeland while escaping the harsh realities of urban life in the […]
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Looking Beyond the Election
Over the past year or so, I have been wondering how Black folks would react to the election outcome. Two questions kept coming to mind: What will we do if Obama wins? What will we do if Romney wins? Let’s make it personal: What will you do? Four years ago I wrote a similar article […]
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The Case of the Missing Post-Racial Election
In 2004 Sen. Barack Obama captured the nation’s attention. He called for an end to the politics of racial division: “There’s not a Black America and White America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United States of America.” As Election Day nears and political differences are magnified, it is important to remind Americans, […]
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Knockout
Thank you for the excellent front page story on the second Presidential Debate between President Barack Obama and challenger Governor Mitt Romney. Editor Ronald Taylor’s story is factual, accurate and excellent. However, the “Knockout!” headline may cause voters to prematurely relax. As a fight fan and a lawyer, I believe I know the rules in […]
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Budget Woes Await Winner of Presidential Election
No matter who wins the November 6 election, he will have a mess on his hands. The Budget Control Act of 2011 will cut $109 billion from the federal budget in 2013 unless Congress is able to figure out how to either reduce the deficit or cut another deal. The cuts will range from 7 to […]
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Protecting our right to vote
The fires that burn inside of me to protect our vote are personal, as well as social. My great, great grandfather, Mr. Scipio Rhame, was born a slave. Yet, during Reconstruction — just 3 years after his slavery ended — he had the determination to be among the first of our people to register and […]
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The AFRO Endorses: Senator Benjamin Cardin
On the verge of the General Election, Sen. Benjamin Cardin is sitting pretty, as one of the U.S. Senate incumbents with the best chances of re-election. The longtime lawmaker faces Potomac businessman Rob Sobhani, an Independent, who had channeled his own considerable funds into a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz. A two-time candidate in the Republican Senate […]
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Marriage
Marriage is a binding union of a man and a woman for the procreation, nurture, and civilization of children, providing basic stability to society. For this reason it is protected by the state which has a huge stake in the success or failure of this irreplaceable institution. Changing the definition of marriage cannot change this […]
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The AFRO Endorses: Rep. John Sarbanes
The shape of the newly redrawn third congressional district meanders from northwest Baltimore County, through parts of Baltimore City, into Howard and Anne Arundel counties, and down into Montgomery County. With nearly 110,000 new constituents, the district represents a challenge to the person that would represent it in Congress. The AFRO believes incumbent Rep. John […]