Atrocities In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
Antony J. Blinken By Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We...
View ArticleBlack Farmers And COVID Relief
By Ben Jealous (Trice Edney Wire) – If you ever begin to doubt that elections matter, think about Black farmers. The new COVID relief law takes significant steps to address decades of shameful...
View ArticleThin Line
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. By Dr. E. Faye Williams (Trice Edney Wire) – I am not an outdoors-person, but I am naturally curious and pay attention to my surroundings. Being observant satisfies my...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: More Black Dentists To Help Address Inequities In Dental Care
LeRoy Horton, DDS By LeRoy Horton, DDS For all of us, oral health is an important – yet often neglected – component of our overall health. In fact, oral health is linked to many of the most common...
View ArticleA Very Bad Day
By Julianne Malveaux Julianne Malveaux (Trice Edney Wire) – I have bad days, even very bad days, as we all do. Example. I woke up late on a day when I had an 8 am meeting. Most days, I’m up before 6,...
View ArticleRacism And Its Deadly Cousins
By Ben Jealous (Trice Edney Wire) – What does it say about our country when we don’t have time to absorb the impact of one mass shooting before news of the next one comes across our phones and TV...
View ArticleDiversity Is Truly America’s Strength And The Hateful Reaction To It Is Truly...
By Jesse Jackson (Trice Edney Wire) – The recent murder of eight people in North Georgia, six of them Asian American women, has brought national attention to the increasing violence and hatred...
View ArticleLetter Of Apology From Public Health – Seattle & King County Regarding...
Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent to members of the local faith community who shared their concerns for a recent cancellation of a community vaccination clinic. Dear Rev. Dr. Anna L Jones...
View Article‘Jacked’
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. By Dr. E. Faye Williams (Trice Edney Wire) – As long as I remember, generosity has been a personal value that I’ve embraced and practiced. I assume that my large number of...
View ArticleGeorgia Businesses Must Stand Against New State Law Suppressing The Right To...
By Jesse Jackson (Trice Edney Wire) – In Georgia, Donald Trump’s big lie that the election was stolen has now been turned into bad law — an election law designed to make it harder for minorities and...
View ArticleThe American Rescue Plan — Changing The Course Of The Pandemic For All Americans
Rep. Jim Clyburn By U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn It has been a little more than a year since COVID-19 was officially discovered within the boundaries of the United States. It has been devastating...
View ArticleAutism Awareness Month – Remembering Elijah McClain
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. By Dr. E. Faye Williams (Trice Edney Wire) – April is Autism Awareness Month. Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by challenges with social skills,...
View ArticleJustice Is On Trial In The George Floyd Murder Case
By Ben Jealous (Trice Edney Wire) – The murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has begun, ten months after George Floyd died in the street with Chauvin’s knee on his neck. Americans,...
View ArticleWhat About Those Who Didn’t Get A COVID-19 Vaccine (Yet)?
Glenn Ellis By Glenn Ellis (Trice Edney Wire) – The harsh reality of COVID-19 is that everyone is not going to take the vaccine. Don’t get me wrong, this is not an encouragement for anyone to not get...
View ArticleKnock At The Door
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. By Dr. E. Faye Williams (Trice Edney Wire) – There’s no doubt that there are faults and flaws in the American system of democracy. When I taught, my students learned that...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd Justice In Policing Act Would Set Smart National Standards For...
By Jesse Jackson (Trice Edney Wire) – Even as Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd, police 10 miles away fatally shot an African American man, Duante Wright, after pulling him over...
View ArticleBiden’s Promise To Diversify The Courts
By Ben Jealous (Trice Edney Wire) – People who care about equal justice under the law should be very happy about President Joe Biden’s first set of judicial nominees. I am especially excited about...
View ArticleMy Daddy’s Going To Change The World
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. By Dr. E. Faye Williams (Trice Edney Wire) – “My Daddy!” are two words which, arguably, identify the second most important person in the life of a child. Sometimes he is...
View ArticleMany Chicago Young Black People Urgently Need Help From The Big Six
By A. Peter Bailey (Trice Edney Wire) – The Big Six–Oprah Winfrey, Rev. Jessie Jackson, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Michael Jordan, Barack Obama, and Michelle Obama–have several things in common. All...
View ArticleDerek Chauvin’s Conviction On All Counts Marks A Turning Point On Police...
MINNEAPOLIS – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to Derek Chauvin’s conviction on second-degree murder, third-degree murder and...
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