Category: OPINION

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 […]

What we witnessed March 10 on Capitol Hill during hearings led by Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, was a shameful example of the excesses of power. Claiming concern over the alleged radicalization of Muslims in America, Rep. King conducted nothing short of a “witch hunt,” by singling out a […]

I have recently been shocked and appalled by ads that I and other Black publishers saw in several major newspapers (The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, etc.) confirming that Toyota spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to advertise in White mainstream daily newspapers “THANKING” their general market consumers for their loyalty and patronage to Toyota […]

“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!” Madam C.J. Walker, trailblazing African-American businesswoman. There is a silver lining in the dark cloud of the great recession. A new Census Bureau report reveals […]

If Tunisia kicked down the door of the Arab imagination by showing it was possible to topple a dictator, Egypt drew a blueprint of non-violence for the house of revolution that detailed how to demolish a stubbornly entrenched dictator and now in Libya a mad man is trying to burn down the entire house rather […]

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – It looks like “Cairo has come to Madison,” said conservative Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, as 50,000 citizens took over the state’s Capitol building. He got the spirit right, but the location wrong. In Madison, folks wearing Packers jerseys stand together with folks wearing Bears colors. Madison is this generation’s Selma, the epicenter for […]

Here in Baltimore and throughout the country, an ongoing struggle continues. People are suffering during these difficult economic times. They deserve a government that will stand by them and help them to weather this storm. In Washington, this is a time for clear thinking – not reactionary ideology nor political pay-backs to wealthy and powerful […]

House Republicans last week introduced a spending measure to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year. And, perhaps not surprisingly, it is an extreme and indiscriminate assault on African Americans and other populations who have historically bore the brunt of budget cuts in the name of fiscal austerity: women, children, students, veterans, […]