(Stock Photo) By Joseph R. Fitzgerald, PhD Since the passing of civil rights leader Gloria Richardson in July at the age of 99, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the myriad subjects we discussed while I worked her biography. One was voting rights, a subject of special resonance today because the Republican Party […]
Category: OPINION
Posted inOPINION
OP-ED: Baltimore City Councilwoman Phylicia Porter
Phylicia Porter believes her Building Healthy Communities initiative provides the missing piece of the puzzle that will help build her district, and eventually the City, back again. (Photo/NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a city with such a legacy of residential segregation, the block on which you’re born can easily determine your trajectory in life. That’s […]
Posted inOPINION
Multiracial U.S. sure to make left, right combatants uncomfortable
(l – r) Chrissy Teigen, Naomi Osaka, and Jason Namakaeha Momoa By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Item: “First drop in U.S. White population” , Aug. 13 Washington Post front page. Here are bottom lines: During the past 20 years, the Latinx and Asian populations doubled to 18% and 6% of Americans respectively. The […]
Posted inNEWS
Housing Insecurity is Inhumane
Congressman Kweisi Mfume By Congressman Kweisi Mfume On August 3rd the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidelines for a new eviction moratorium. Although this is a step in the right direction, it isn’t as expansive as the last one. For this reason, our government needs to do more to ensure that all […]
Posted inOPINION
Black-owned businesses look to the FDA to protect them
Ron Busby, President & CEO, U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.. (Courtesy Photo) By Ron Busby What many of us have dreamed about for the past year may be turning into reality. Almost half of the nation has been fully vaccinated, the CDC has announced businesses can reopen along with lifted mask guidance, and the glimmer of […]
Posted inOPINION
Why the business-as-usual regulatory pace to advance COVID-19 vaccines to full approval?
(Photo/nih.gov) By Jean Bonhomme and Salvatore J. Giorgianni Jr. The Men’s Health Network and the National Black Men’s Health Network urge the FDA, and the Biden Administration, to provide current COVID-19 vaccines full regulatory approval within the next 90 days. The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process that was essential in getting COVID-19 vaccines out to […]
Posted inOPINION
Letter to the Editor: Stop taking my earned Social Security benefits
Submitted by Mary Scruggs Dear Editor, I am a Retired Fed Employee and member of Narfe for 23 years. I live in Prince George County Maryland. I’m affected by the WEP/GPO offsets. My quality of living is very much affected due to loss of income which I feel entitled to. I worked and earned the […]
Posted inOPINION
Can Fudge sweeten Black home ownership?
Congresswoman Marcia Fudge By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO In American former ghettos, housing is hot because of gentrification. A few weeks ago, my mind was blown. While in New York, some friends asked me to roll by a block party inside our old elementary school playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant. When I exited the Bedford-Nostrand […]
Posted inOPINION
Op-ed: The attack on the Capitol and the shameful right-wing Republican response
Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation. (Courtesy Photo) By Ben Jealous The Jan. 6 attack on Congress and the U.S. Capitol was an assault on our democracy. So is the effort by congressional Republicans and their right-wing media allies to keep Americans from […]
Posted in!Front Page
Dave Chappelle fought to bring truth through comedy during pandemic
Dave Chappelle’s untitled documentary film premiered at the Kennedy Center last weekend. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Donning face masks and stylish outfits, thousands packed into The Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall for Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary Film, on Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. People waited in wonder […]
Posted in!Front Page
The movement for justice will not be deterred
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford) By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Special to the AFRO The right-wing majority on the Supreme Court just undercut the Voting Rights Act again. Having gutted the section that required pre-approval of state voting laws to protect the rights of minorities to vote in Shelby v. Holder, […]
Posted inOPINION
Letter to the Editor: “GET VACCINATED”
Submitted by Jake Pickering Snake handling, snake oil salesmen of God Keep raking in the cash from the foolish flock. Speaking in tongues and acting like a maniac Will cure COVID-19? Who needs a vaccine? Jesus wept, then he said “Why go back?” After 2,000 years? Forget that claptrap. Jesus, save us from your blasphemous […]
