Category: OPINION

In the season of slavery, historians defined the Black church as the “invisible institution.”  The name was given because Blacks assembled to worship under a shroud of secrecy because such gatherings were outlawed by those who had the mind to know if a slave had a filled spirit, it would be a matter of time […]

Sitting here in Hawaii in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, I’m appalled and aghast with the way the Imperialist Western media has covered the Earthquakes, Tsunami and Nuclear Devastation in Japan. CNN, ABC, MSNBC and FOX news and the “talking head experts” all reported that it was ok for the winds to blow off […]

Black Americans are losing political clout. The loss of voting power is not from White peoples’ skullduggery, but due to our own movement choices. 2010 Census data show that 20 of the 25 cities that have at least 250,000 people and a 20 percent Black population lost political clout. These declines happened in traditional Black […]

(NNPA) — The mass protests that led to the downfall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after 35 years in power and  the 23-year tenure of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali have inspired protests throughout Northern Africa and the Middle East – including in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen – and have underscored the United States’ […]

(TriceEdneyWire.com) — Census data on city populations made headlines last week. Washington, D.C., apparently, only barely can be described as “chocolate city” since the African-American population is only a scant majority in the city. According to The Washington Post, even the block on which former mayor Marion Barry cut his teeth, married former wife Effie, […]

April 4 marks the somber anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Too often, sadly, Dr. King is remembered more for his famous “Mountaintop” speech than the cause he died for. Forty-three years ago next week, Dr. King stood shoulder-to-shoulder with 1,375 Black Memphis sanitation workers and with the African-American […]

In 2009, 181 women from 31 different countries created the largest all-female skydiving formation in history. What would possess so many daughters, mothers, and even grandmothers to don pink jumpsuits and free fall thousands of feet? The same things that motivated me to get involved with “Pink Skies,” the new film that documents the record-breaking […]

The writer is the son of AFRO freelance photographer J.D. Howard. He lives in Tokyo with his family and is an employee of Dell computers. He sent this letter to family and friends via e-mail on March 18, then a week after the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. Dear family and friends, … I’ve […]

From March 29-31, the National Urban League brings its fight for urban jobs to Capitol Hill with its 2011 Legislative Policy Conference. This year’s summit will   make the case for targeted action to tackle the persistent unemployment crisis in Black America.? Dozens of Urban League affiliate delegations comprised of CEO’s, board chairs and the presidents […]

During the most difficult economic period in several generations, I count myself fortunate. In addition to the blessings of family and reasonably good health, I represent a true community of conscience in the Congress of the United States. Here in the Baltimore Region, we devote considerable attention to our shortcomings. We also should recognize the […]

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – I have conversations with hundreds of people on any given week.  I hear some complaining – often for the sake of complaining.  I hear some talking about what others should be doing.  I hear some saying, “I heard what was said; I saw what happened; I didn’t agree with it, but I said […]