By Marcela Howell, president and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda This Black History Month, give Black women the gift of empowerment by investing in organizations dedicated to reproductive justice (RJ). Black women have been at the forefront of every progressive social movement in America; it’s long past time […]
Category: OPINION
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Op-ed: Republican Party Makes Dangerous Bow to Trump’s Insurrectionists
By Ben Jealous The Republican National Committee (RNC) is officially letting Americans know that it is more committed to former President Donald Trump than to democracy, the rule of law, and the truth. Some people might say Republicans have been letting us know that ever since Donald Trump became the party’s standard-bearer in 2016. And […]
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Commentary: Marching with MLK III; We have a lot of bridges still to cross
By DaMareo CooperSpecial to the AFRO On Martin Luther King Jr. Day I found myself thinking about bridges. I had driven through the night, through a snowstorm, from Ohio to D.C. for the MLK Day march. I was crossing the Frederick Douglass Bridge when the sun finally came out. It was a powerful moment. My […]
Posted inBaltimore News
…And everybody knows about Baltimore gotdam
By Dr. Kaye Whitehead In 1967, in a speech at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. asked the students, “What is in your life’s blueprint?” He told them that the decisions they made on that day would determine how they would go forward and how we (as a community) would […]
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Op-Ed: Terrorists Won’t Stop Our HBCUs
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume In order to ensure the safety of all Americans, it is essential that we reshape how we view and approach the growing threat of terror to our nation. In 1995, we were shocked at the gruesome nature and carnage left behind by the Oklahoma City Bombing. Six years later, on that […]
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Commentary: Black Woman: We See You
By Rev. Kevin Slayton, Special to the AFRO Ask any religious person of color where their “help” comes from and they will without fail acknowledge that it comes from the Lord. But every other person of color, whether religious or not, would concede that an undisputed primary source in their lives is a black woman. […]
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Op-ed: Happy Valentine’s Day
By Sharon Williams Valentine’s Day is a day to show the one you love how much you love them dearly and care about them. Our black love is different from other loves because black love is expressed through soul food cooking, soul music, cultural experiences, strength, creativity, and sacrifices. I would like to give you […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Rising Above COVID-19: Overcoming the Mental and Physical Effects of the Virus
By Darryl Sellers Holding back tears, Morrell Staten shared his poignant story about his and his wife’s COVID-19 journeys last year, speaking in late 2021 at the Cobb Institute-We Can Do This/Stay Well Community Health Fair at Cass Tech High School in Detroit. Staten and his wife both tested positive for the virus at almost […]
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Commentary: We have the right to public safety in our community
By Sen. Jill P. Carter and Del. Stephanie Smith The most well-known policy victories of the Civil Rights movement are the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Less discussed are the non-federal policy demands that emerged during this period regarding community control of education and law enforcement. The latter emerged in response to police […]
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Letter to Editor: America can fix climate change if we act now
By Amanda Bowers Climate change is real and increasing. I believe that the ingenuity of Americans can solve this problem. Americans have a great capacity to come together to face a crisis, and despite the political division in our country right now, we still have that capacity. That is why the time to act is […]
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Letter to the Editor: Marilyn Mosby article
Dear Editor,Your recent article on Marilyn Mosby seems slightly unbalanced. Ms. Mosby’s recent indictment suggests that her behavior and actions merit further investigation to determine if indeed, she has broken the law. The journalistic integrity of this article fails to present a balanced overview of the issues surrounding the indictment and clearly attempts to defend […]
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Op-ed: The forces behind Marilyn Mosby being indicted
By Dayvon Love Too many of the conversations in the public sphere regarding the federal indictment of Marilyn Mosby center on issues of corruption and whether people believe she is guilty of the charges. This focus has crowded out the equally important conversation about the politics of this federal indictment. Americans have been socialized to […]
