The Equity Alliance has launched a partnership with the Black Progressive Action Coalition (BPAC), BlackPAC and grassroots organizations across the country to promote Black Citizenship In Action. On Saturday, Nov. 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., they’re holding the…
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MAGA hat wearers — no friends to African Americans
by William T. Robinson, Jr. •
Many supporters of POTUS 45 are relentless in manifesting support for him by donning his political campaign slogan MAGA (Make America Great Again). A large number of the POTUS adversaries find MAGA paraphernalia, especially hats and tee-shirts highly offensive. Those…
To Be Equal: Legends loss, Cummings and Conyers, highlights importance of Congressional Black Caucus
by Marc Morial •
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — “The three of us, Stokes, Chisholm and I, came to Washington determined to seize the moment, to fight for justice, to raise issues too long ignored and too little debated. We were described by the media as militant,…
USMCA could spur medical breakthroughs
by Tommy G. Thompson •
“For God’s sake, Tommy, whatever you do, find a cure.” That was my brother Eddie’s final request before he died of pancreatic cancer. The disease has also taken my brother Artie and my best friend Ervin. It kills roughly 45,000…
Acting to end child poverty
by Marian Wright Edelman •
“We’ve had 20 years of presidential debates, and we have never talked about the violence in America of child poverty. We have got to begin to talk more eloquently and persuasively and urgently about doing the things not just to…
Expressions of faith: Working in oneness
by Dr. Monterey D. Lee, Sr. •
“Verily I say unto you, whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on…