By Margaret Henn Mayor Brandon Scott pledged to cancel the looming tax sale scheduled for May 15 for owner-occupied properties at Monday’s State of the City address. While this is a critical lifeline for many homeowners in tax sale right now, it is a band-aid on a much larger issue that the mayor still has […]
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Commentary: National Women’s Studies Association won’t be overshadowed by White nationalism
By Dr. Kaye Whitehead, Special to the AFRO Like many of you, the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) has been alarmed, angered and frustrated by the legislative efforts of the Republican party to limit our academic freedom, censor the teaching of African-American, gender and queer studies. They place us in an untenable situation where we […]
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To Be Equal # 17 – Deceptions By Supreme Court Justices Warrant A Stringent, Enforcable Code Of Ethics
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Justice Thomas has betrayed a fundamental duty of high office: the duty of transparency. This disgraceful lawbreaking is precisely the sort of thing Congress has charged the attorney general with responsibility for addressing. It would be an absolute dereliction of duty if the Department of […]
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Ensuring our right to invest in the next generation’s future
By Ben Jealous If a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials “ESG,” and fewer than one in 10 will understand what they mean for financial markets. But listening to some self-interested politicians, many of whom have ties to our dirtiest […]
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President Biden is investing in America’s underserved communities
By Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens Atlanta has a proud legacy as the cradle of the civil rights movement. Throughout our history, Atlantans from Martin Luther King Jr. to the trailblazers of Sweet Auburn not only helped birth the modern movement to create justice for all but had a laser focus on economic empowerment for everyone. […]
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The American Rescue Plan continues to deliver
By Congressman James E. Clyburn, BlackPressUSA When President Joe Biden took office, the economy was in crisis, millions of Americans were out of work, and Main Streets were shuttered. Two years later, it’s clear that his economic plan is working. The Biden administration has created over 12.4 million jobs during his presidency. Our nation’s unemployment […]
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TBE# 16 – State of Black America 2023: Confronting the threat within
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Our sense of belonging and prosperity relies on freedom from violence. That freedom requires confronting the threat that armed violence poses to our democracy and the hate-fueled rhetoric that feeds it. Moreover, keeping voters and elections safe from political violence is necessary to advance free, […]
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A Call For Impeachment and Recalls Before 2024
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper The attitude of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas only adds to concerns about non reported gifts from wealthy donors. In addition, it adds to the ongoing discussion of his wife Ginny Thomas’ involvement with the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. […]
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Is D.C. moving closer to recreational equity with next year’s budget?
By Kimberly Perry and Rev. Wendy Hamilton Mayor Bowser has proposed $750,000 to retrofit underused basketball and tennis courts for pickleball in her 2024 fiscal year budget. She has also boosted funding for recreational facilities and programs throughout the city–significantly so in Ward Eight. At face value, that’s excellent news. However, shockingly wide disparities currently […]
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Op-ed: Twice as good still isn’t good enough
By Kerry Mitchell Brown, Ph.D. More than 12 million viewers watched the Louisiana State University (LSU) Lady Tigers, a team of majority Black women athletes, win their first-ever NCAA championship on April 2. Their rivals, and the forecasted winners, the Iowa Hawkeyes, a predominately White team, played hard. But LSU played harder. They dominated, the […]
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Many are falling short while chasing the American Dream
By Chaila R. Scott Most of us have been given the same life directives: go to college, get a good job, get married, have kids, retire. As a former alumni adviser for high school grads, I can assure you that narrative is alive and well. We get this plan from well-meaning people who love us, […]
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Five ways to help Black folk affected by tornadoes
by Maya Richard-Craven Collapsed buildings. Piles of debris. Destroyed homes. Dozens of people dead. These are just a few of the consequences of the estimated 50 tornadoes that recently hit the South and Midwest. But one of the year’s worst tornadoes happened the week before this latest outbreak, and residents are still suffering. On March […]