(Graphic/Slide Share) By Carole Bernard Last week, a New York jury found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of sex trafficking, along with separate charges of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child. Survivors’ voices were heard, and the legal victory was theirs. Now they, and all of us, await the sentencing […]
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Op-ed: Local governments can lead in public safety movement
Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation. (Courtesy Photo) By Ben Jealous Negotiations on a federal police reform bill have collapsed because Congressional Republicans are willing to stand in the way of lifesaving changes to policing. It is time for state and local governments […]
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Can new Justice Department leadership clear the air?
United States Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke. (Courtesy photo) By Wayne Dawkins The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights compiled an exhaustive list that reported the U.S. Justice Department during the President Trump years was openly hostile toward civil rights enforcement, specifically affecting people of color. That list singled out indifference or mindful neglect […]
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Op-ed: National Recovery Month Keeps Hope Alive
Congressman Kweisi Mfume By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Whether heroin, cocaine, opioids, or other harmful substance is at the root of a substance use disorder, it important we remove the stigma from those seeking help. We can only build up our communities if we build up each other. We must keep hope alive in the very […]
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Letter To The Editor: Men have to treat women better
Submitted by Stewart B. Epstein To The Editor: I wish that there was something that I could do or say that could improve what some people see as the poor relationship overall between women and men in our society. Something that opened my eyes to see just how much that it has deteriorated is an […]
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Op-ed: Biden’s promise for diverse Judges and Federal Court diversity
Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation. (Courtesy Photo) By Ben Jealous One of the most important reasons to vote Donald Trump out of the White House was to stop him from packing our federal courts with even more anti-voting-rights, anti-equality, pro-corporate judges. Stopping the flood […]
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TBE#38 – Gymnasts’ demand for justice is a powerful display of courage and grace
National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) To Be Equal #38 September 23, 2021 Gymnasts’ Demand For Justice Is A Powerful Display Of Courage And Grace By Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “I sit before you today to raise my voice so that no little girl must […]
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4 things to know about COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy
www.phila.gov By Dena Vang As cases of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continue to raise concerns across the United States, doctors and public health officials are urging pregnant and breastfeeding mothers to get vaccinated. Here are four things pregnant women need to know about COVID-19 vaccines. Pregnancy is a risk factor for having […]
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The Haitian Dilemma
Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, CEO San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper (Courtesy Photo) By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint This is a painful commentary. Humanity demands that we all be treated with fairness. This country has boasted the guarantee to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Those […]
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A cultural, principled and comical legacy
A young Wayne Dawkins, left, with his mother, Tompkins Park, Brooklyn, circa 1956. (Courtesy photo) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Here is a centennial story. She never learned to drive a car and didn’t try. Yet she traveled far and near, all over tri-state metropolitan New York, to Panama and to Canada, by […]
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For a Black mother, freedom is a whole word
By Dr. Kaye Whitehead As a Black mother, it is not enough to dream of a world where your children are safe and where they can be free. It is not enough to trust that the system will police itself or believe that without rigorous oversight, police officers or politicians or teachers will look at […]
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OP-ED: American business leaders step up to fight inequities in the South
The issues facing these communities throughout the South are not new nor will they be fixed overnight. Fortunately, SCI is taking a long-term approach that is focused on getting to the root of structural racism in the United States and creating a more just and equitable country for every American. By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis […]
