Category: OPINION

Every year around this time, fear and panic begin to set in across the state for thousands of Marylanders, who realize that the tax deadline is approaching and they have yet to file their returns. Even in the best of circumstances, tax season can be a complex and confusing time, so my number one piece […]

“Repeal and replace” has become the battle cry of Sarah Palin and the bulk of Republican Senators after the passage of comprehensive health care reform. They’re rousing fears, threatening those with health insurance that their costs and taxes will go up. As if everyone would keep their insurance at the same costs if there were […]

Colleges prepare all year for the lucrative chance to send a team to the basketball championship tournament commonly known as “March Madness.”  But, when it comes to making sure that student athletes are academically prepared for the game of life, madness quickly turns to insanity. Education Secretary Arne Duncan agrees. Recently, in response to the […]

As a Muslim woman and as a feminist, I support banning the face veil, everywhere and not just in France where they are to vote on a resolution and possibly a ban on wearing the garment in public places after regional elections end. I am appalled to hear the defense of the niqab or burka […]

Every time I try to give radical, Black liberals the benefit of the doubt when it comes to doing what’s in the best interest of our own community, I am saddened to conclude that I doubt that there is any benefit. They claim to represent the Black community, but yet at every turn they undermine […]

For several decades, Washingtonians have been steered to select certain candidates for elected office based on the opinions of editors and reporters of daily newspapers. Never mind the fact that most of the editors and reporters didn’t reside in the District and knew nothing of the struggle of its people other than what they read. […]

Black community, it’s time for some tough decision making. It’s time for an up or down vote to decide the best way to conceptualize, create and configure our communities for both positive and optimal socio-economic and political outcomes. Moreover, it’s time to time for us to promote and demonstrate by example that “more is not […]

More Black Americans need to get “the hook-up.” More of us have to get with the “modernized infrastructure” priorities President Obama classifies as “a national broadband plan” and “new healthcare information technology.” These industries are bellwethers for America’s long-term economic stability and prosperity. Being Internet-enabled provides life-changing benefits. There’s a nationwide push to get the […]

(NNPA) – When the House of Representatives passed health care reform, they made history. Never mind that the victory was a narrow 219-212, with 31 Democrats deserting their party on this vote. Never mind that not a single Republican voted for health care reform. It was about time that the myth of bipartisanship bit the […]

(NNPA) – This week, the National Urban League released the 34th edition of the State of Black America, our annual assessment of the economic and social progress, or lack thereof, within the African-American community. The highlight of the 2010 report is our yearly Equality Index, measuring the status of African Americans, and for the first […]

When I read that Egypt’s Journalist Union had punished two senior Egyptian editors – one a member of the country’s ruling party and the other an expert on Jewish affairs for violating its ban on contacts with Israel – I wondered if Omar Sharif ever thinks of me. My nemesis wasn’t the once-heartthrob Egyptian actor […]

There’s an old saying: “Don’t bring a slingshot to a gunfight.” But that’s just what the Congress appears to be doing with its timid approach to job creation. Last week, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing a $15 billion jobs bill that would hardly make a dent in the depression-era levels of […]