By Congressman Kweisi Mfume As a distinguished Black economist and activist, as well as the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate of economics at Yale University, Dr. Phyllis A. Wallace paved the way for women of color to enter the field of economics. Her endeavors were largely based on racial and gender discrimination within […]
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One in five U.S. adults could develop skin cancer by age 70
Prevention is Key to Happy and Healthy Skin By Tola Oyesanya, MD One in five Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer, or melanoma, by the age of 70, making melanoma the most common cancer in the US. With warmer weather approaching and COVID-19 restrictions lifting, many of us can’t wait to enjoy outdoor events […]
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The Moore Report: COVID doesn’t care either; it keeps coming, watch out
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Face it, we’re all a bit tired of wearing masks, getting vaccinations, keeping our distance, avoiding travel, not hugging and hearing depressing news about the spread of COVID and the entrance of yet another variant on the horizon (next is monkeypox?). It is scary enough that over 1,000,000 citizens of […]
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Op-ed: Gun Safety and Public Safety: We Should Not Tolerate Continued Inaction
by Ben Jealous The mass killings at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 10 days after the white supremacist killings in Buffalo, New York, are further evidence of how deeply our society is broken, and how urgently we need to figure out how to begin fixing it. The slaughter of so many young children and […]
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Racist ‘Replacement’ Rhetoric is Deadly and Republicans Must Stop Using It
By Ben Jealous The young man who murdered 10 people in Buffalo, New York on May 14, was out to kill Black people. He chose a grocery store because he wanted to leave the local Black community in fear of going about their daily lives. These evil actions were motivated by a racist ideology known […]
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Commentary: HBCU Graduates: We just see the world differently
By Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead It was twenty-five years ago this year that I stood outside of the Elmina Castle in Ghana with a small group of friends and made a joint commitment to fight to help to co-create the type of world that we believe that we needed to live in. We were all […]
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Commentary: Teacher appreciation May 2022: Honoring all teachers all of the time
By Maxine Johnson Wood, Ed.D The first week in May 2022 was formally acknowledged as National Teacher Appreciation Week by PTAs and PTOs, and other education groups. In President Biden’s proclamation, he stated, “I will never forget the educators who encouraged me as a child. Many of us remember our favorite teachers — the ones who […]
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The Moore Report: History lesson: A big Navy ship just named for a big Black Marine pilot and general
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO Remembering the late General Frank Emmanuel Petersen, Jr. Lessons, a Fighter for Racial Justice and Equity On May 14, the United States Navy honored the first Black pilot in the Marines and the Corps’ first Black general by naming its latest model of warship for him. […]
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Pay attention Roe v. Wade & the far right’s extreme plans
By Ben Jealous Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country. It looks like the far right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to reverse Roe v. Wade, the 50-year-old ruling that recognized a pregnant person’s right to have an abortion. Abortion is legal today, but […]
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The royal ‘We’ that owns Baltimore City
By Marcus Board The rich get richer on the backs of Baltimore’s Black communities. If this were college sports, residents would finally be cashing in on their name, image, and likeness – but not even the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) can top the exploitation of Baltimore by Hollywood. Millions were made off of Home […]
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America’s commitment to health equity must not be skin-deep
By Gary Puckrein For decades, U.S. policymakers have professed alarm about racial health disparities. But they are far from working to eliminate these inequities as many officials have been inadvertently perpetuating them. Few examples of racism in our health care system are more notorious than the so-called Tuskegee Study, in which hundreds of African-American men […]
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Opinion: Be on the lookout for Black college female lacrosse team
By Matthew Horace As parents, we often caution our children on life’s perils and how to respond. We hope, no, we pray they never encounter those dangers. I felt much that way two years ago as I spoke to the women’s lacrosse team at my historically Black alma mater, Delaware State University, about how to […]
