Michelle Alexander You Don't Know Hillary Clinton
Do You Know Bernie Sanders - I Do
By: Gary Rodney
Ms. Alexander, I have read with dismay your article denigrating Hillary Clinton and lavishing praise on Bernie Sanders Read More ...
Millennials Against Hillary...Please
Got To Have It Now
By: Suh Wilson
All I hear are the pundits saying that Hillary does not connect with young female voters…Hillary does not connect with young voters…Hillary needs to get a clear message out to Millennials Read More ...
Vote for the Woman
By: F Forty
America is an interesting Country. All of us are familiar with the phrase “Only in America”. That is so appropriate right now. Only in America could a revolution be led by a 74 year old Caucasian Senator from Vermont Read More ...
All Votes Matter
By: Gary Rodney
We have learned after the “BREXIT” (Britain’s exit from the European Union) vote in the United Kingdom that you can never take any election for granted. The polls in England had “Stay In the EU up over “Leave the EU” by (4) points Read More ...
The Democratic Party Belongs to the Democrats
Get Your Own Party Senator Sanders
By: Francine Terry
It’s basic. It’s a simple truth that has held since the beginning of time Read More ...
We're Not Taking It Anymore
By: Francine Terry
Where has the Republican Party been for the past 5 years? To hear them tell it, they’ve simply been spectators, watching President Obama and the Democratic Congress advance their agenda Read More ....
By: Marcella Tyler July 19, 201
Hope Versus Doom
By: Suh Wilson
Well, now that the Democratic and Republican conventions are over, we have taken our places in our designated corners. The race is on! I was totally not feeling the Republican convention Read More ...
What Happens to America if Donald Trump is Elected?
Set Ablaze or Wounds Healed
By: Gary Rodney
Donald J Trump has been called many things during his campaign for the presidency: amoral, xenophobe, sexist, nativist, narcissist, liar, and philanderer Read More ...
By: Marcella Tyler July 19, 2016
Don't Be Fooled
By: Francine Terry
We the people of the United States of America have the opportunity to make history again. This time we have the opportunity to elect the most qualified individual to ever seek the office of president of the United States Read More ...
Journalist or Provocateurs
By: Francine Terry
The public depends on the press to present the facts (journalistic truth), but of late, they’re getting more opinion than fact. The Commander and Chief Forum provided the press with the opportunity to question the Presidential Candidates about their foreign policy expertise read More ...
White Male Privilege to the Highest Order
Sure Christopher Columbus Really Did Discover America
By: F Forty
As strange as this may sound the Donald Trump candidacy has brought some benefits to our Country Read More ...
Be Fair
By: Suh Wilson
I could write about any number of cable news programs and their overtly biased reporting, but for the sake of this article and brevity, I focused my attention on Chuck Todd. It’s obvious to me that Chuck Todd is not a Hillary Clinton fan Read More...
Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street
They Should Unite
By: Suh Wilson
I think Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street should unite. Many are calling for the ground swell of people to take the country from special interest groups, corporations and the like Read More ...
What Do You See
By: Suh Wilson
As I listen to the Republicans chastise the state of Black America they bring up the usual topics. Black on black crime, gun violence in the community, gang violence in the community and the lists goes on and on Read More ...
They Always Have
By: Francine Terry
Here we go again another day same old story, a deadly encounter between a Black American citizen and the police. Was the deceased armed or unarmed? Read More ...
I Can't Understand Their Motives
By: Suh Wilson
I knew there was discontent in America, but never did I imagine that it was at the level of pure hate. I remember when President Obama was elected. Read More ...
The Women's March On Washington 2017
The Pictures Say It All
By: Francine Terry
I had the pleasure of participating in the January 21, 2017 Woman’s March. Pictures from the march…
Trump - Make America Great Again
I Think Not
By: F Forty
In February of 2008 Michelle Obama said that "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country because it feels like hope is making a comeback…not because Barack is doing well, but because I think people are hungry for change" Read More ...
By: Marcella Tyler July 19, 201
Can A Trump Presidency Deliver For America
Just Pipe Dreams
By: Gary Rodney
Donald Trump has received very little attention for his proposals on how he would manage the Federal Government. He has stated that he would run the federal Government like a great business Read More ...
And The Clinton Antidote
By: Francine T erry
I began following politics in the early 70’s during the Watergate Hearings. In the forty plus years that followed I became quite the political junkie. Needless to say I was excited by the prospects of the 2016 presidential campaign until Donald Trump entered the race Read More ...
Back To The Drawing Board
By: Francine Terry
The presidential election from hell is finally over. I thought I’d feel a sense of relief, but what in my opinion is the worse possible outcome has left me with such a profound sadness Read More ...
He Already Had His Second Chance
He Blew It
By: F Forty
As we have seen through our history there are certain members of the African American community who will do anything for the opportunity to make a dollar. Read More ...
How Low Will They Go
By: Francine Terry
Americans are less than 2 weeks from inaugurating one of the least prepared individuals in the history of the country to be the President of the United States. Read More ...
Just the Facts - Nothing But the Facts
By: Francine Terry
I have to admit, I’m a political junky. I view cable news, listen to satellite radio and surf the internet on a daily basis to make sure that I am informed about current events Read More ...
The Demographics Have Changed
By: Francine Terry
Dear Republican Party you are in denial about the changing demographics in our country. The country is no longer 80% white and will never be so again. Just read “The State of Change”, a report published by American Progress Read More ...
By: Marcella Tyler July 19, 201
America's Broken Electoral Process
Voting Rights For All Citizens
By: Francine Terry
Activists often opine about low voter participation in this country, but fail to recognize the link between today’s voting problems and the Country’s long ugly legacy of voter suppression that is woven into the fabric of our Constitution. Read More ...
The Inmates are Running the Asylum
By: Francine Terry
Why do the Republican elites lie to their base, and why does the base accept this behavior. It’s a proven fact that in other circumstances, the Republican base, like the rest of the masses, frowns upon lies Read More ...
The NRA Response to Shootings of Black American Gun Owners
Hypocritical or Just Plain Racist
By: Gary Rodney August 23, 2016
By: Marcella Tyler July 19, 201
Let's Call Donald Trump What He Is
By: Francine Terry
I have watched in stunned amazement as one Republican Politician after another falls in line in support of Donald Trump. These are the same politicians who for years have gone on and on about patriotism, principles, morals and ethics Read More ...
What Makes a Teflon Candidate?
How Does Donald Trump Get Away With It?
By: Gary Rodney
People take in information through the prism of their thought processes. No matter what a candidate says they see what they want to see Read More ...
Reporting for Duty... or Not
By: Francine Terry
It’s election time again and the presidential candidates are out and about, espousing the reasons why they are best suited to be the president of the United States Read More ...
What Will We Become Post Obama
By: F Forty
Let me start by thanking “Our” President for serving with grace, dignity and an unwavering passion for service. Let me also thank his family for being such a wonderful First Family and the picture of what family values really mean. Read More ...
Where The American Electorate Went Wrong
How They Can Fix It
By: Francine Terry
Once the GOP realized that they no longer had the numbers to win national elections they went to work Read More ....
Repealing Obamacare
By: F Forty
Beginning in 2011 when they assumed control of the House of Representatives the Republican Party has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over 50 times. For dramatic purposes, we will refer to the ACA as Obamacare throughout the remainder of this article. Read More ...
Read it and Weep
By: F Forty
One of the first actions that the new President of the United States took was to remove certain informational pages from the White House website www.whitehouse.gov. Read More ...
It's Just Not Enough
By: Suh Wilson
I wouldn’t mind working for $7.25 if my rent were $125, my phone bill were $15, and my electric bill was S25. Well since this is not the reality then 15 bucks an hour is realistic Read More ...
Where Have All Of The Good Journalist Gone
News Is No Longer News
By: Gary Rodney
I have sat day after day for almost 18 months waiting for a real journalist to show up on my television screen. Even print journalism has gone down this suicidal path Read More ...
The Real Power of Black Hip-Hop and Rap Music
How Cuba Was Opened Up to Diplomatic Enteaties for Raprochement
By: Gary Rodney June 15, 2016
Good or Bad They Kill
By: Marcella Tyler
I don't own a gun or come from a family where we find them necessary. I was born and raised in Baltimore, MD at one time the murder capital of America Read More ....
By: Marcella Tyler July 19, 2016
What is the GOP teaching our children regarding honesty, empathy, morality and patriotism? - Francine Terry
The GOP, the party of family values promotes policies that cut funding for healthcare, education, urban development, SNAP and the endowmwnt for the arts all while promoting tax cuts for the 1%. Francine Terry
Linking White male priviledge to sexual assault cannot be avoided & must be addressed by the country's evangelical leaders today not tomorrow. Gary Rodney
The American People Deserve Better
By: Francine Terry
Trump is at it again. Hardly a day goes by when he doesn’t insult, bully or terrorize one minority group or another. Blacks, Latinas, LGBTQ, Muslims you name one that he hasn’t targeted all the while, pretending that he cares about people. Read More ...
Republicans Will Not Vote For You
By: Francine Terry
I’ve heard about as much as I care to hear from the political pundits and the media regarding the failures of the Democratic Party. Let’s be clear, the democrats seem to be rudderless right now, responding to voices from every direction while failing to listen to their own. Read More ...
Fact or Fiction
By: F Forty
In February of 2015 former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal uttered the following words “There’s a greater problem here. This is a president who won’t proudly proclaim American exceptionalism, maybe the first president ever who truly doesn’t believe in that. Read More ...
The Search for a Few Good Men and Women
By: Suh Wilson
Fifty-two plus two, that’s the number of republican men and women in the Senate, plus the President and Vice President. These men and women hold the fate of millions of Americans in their hands. Read More ...
Wishing and Hoping
By: Suh Wilson
The news concerning the hate crimes committed by the Alt-Right in Charlottesville, Virginia, was not shocking. The hot button topic of race has been sizzling since the election of President Obama. Read More ... Read More ...
Your Lying Eyes
By: F Forty
I have to admit that I never thought that I would get anything good out of watching our current class of Republicans do what I call simulate a debate Read More ...
The Chickens Have Come Home To Roost
They Always Do
By: F Forty
"The chickens have come home to roost" was first used by Brother Malcolm (Malcolm X) after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This quote was met with gasps and a backlash of hateful rhetoric. Read More ...
Fearing What You See
By: F Forty
In looking at the state of our nation in 2017 one has to wonder how we got to this point. How did we get to a point where we can’t have a civil discussion about politics? Read More ...
I'm Not Feeling This One
By: Suh Wilson
These past few weeks of the Trump administration have been such a disappointment. I was always taught that the three branches of government worked in unison to determine what is best for our country. Read More ...
What Does The Republican Party Stand For
Do They Even Know?
By: Francine Terry
What does the republican party stand for? Read More ...
It's Decision Time
By: F Forty
It is the day after Doug Jones and his team pulled off a historic win in the very red state of Alabama and all I can think of is the plight of the “Black Male”. While this certainly was a referendum on predatory behavior it also was a referendum on being Black in America in 2017. Read More ...
In With The New
By: Francine Terry
Donald Trump must go. Each day that he is the president of the United States, we the people of this country and the country its self, suffer humiliation, shame and trauma. Each day, our country becomes less great, and less safe. . Read More ...
War Memorial Baltimore, MD
By: Suh Wilson
Last year I went to DC to participate in the Women's March. This year I decided to attend the home town march at the War Memorial in Baltimore. More Pictures...
Racist of Not
By: F Forty
When the current President of the United States is asked if he is a racist he comes back with the following canned response “I am the least Racist person that you have ever interviewed”. Let’s ignore the fact that the response does not make any sense at all. Read More ...
The Democrats Don't Know How To Fight
Learn How to Win
By: Francine
Now that the government shutdown is over, it’s time to evaluate the outcome. In my opinion, given what appears to have been a lack of preparation by the democrats, they’re fortunate to have come out of the shutdown relatively unscathed. Read More ...
Will We Ever Get It Right
By: Suh Wilson
It’s been 50 years since the inception of the Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King, Jr assassination, and the March on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Read More ...
Another One Bites The Dust
By: Suh Wilson
Well, who would have believed it? Believed that our decorated General John Kelly is stuck in the 50’s. Just look at the recent record of his actions. Remember Congresswoman Fredica Wilson the one he called an empty barrel. Read More ...
The Public Humiliation of Hillary Clinton
Venting
By: Suh Wilson
Now that the election is over I find it extremely hard to get excited about the Trump administration. Am I alone? Read More ...
Pain Killers
By: Francine Terry
In 2004 I was admitted to the outpatient clinic at my local medical center for a laparotomy. I was experiencing some abdominal pain and my physician wanted to identify the cause. While preparing me for the procedure, the nurse conducted a pain assessment. She asked me questions about my level of pain. Read More ...
Never Forget
By: F Forty
On this day that marks the 50th anniversary of the assignation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I can’t help but to reflect on a couple of things. First Dr. King was and remains a true American hero. In fact I recently heard him referred to as the greatest hero of the 20th century. Read More ...
Lessons Learned
By: Francine Terry
Trump’s presidency has not only exposed the true tenor of Trump the man, it has exposed the republican party for what it is and because they control all the levers of government, our government for what it is. So here we are, exposed for the world to see all our warts, scars and blemishes. Read More ...
Drain The Swamp
By: Francine Terry
I wonder at the media’s duplicity in this horrific reality TV series that is the Trump Administration. The rate of personnel turnover in his administration is approaching 50%. Can you believe it, 50%? Trump actually seemed elated with the last firings. Read More ...
Is This Really The National Football League (NFL)?
The Demise of a Wonderful Game
By: F Forty June 7, 2016
Don't Be Shy
By: F Forty
In the heat of the 2016 Presidential Campaign Hillary Clinton made a comment that later would be used to vilify her. The exact quote was that “Half of Trump’s supporters belong in a basket of deplorables." There was a tremendous amount of backlash from both the left and the right after Hillary made this comment. Read More ...
Washington, DC 2018
By: Francine Terry
I had the pleasure of attending the March for Our Lives Protest in Washington, DC. Like the Women’s March of 2017, I found it empowering, uplifting and hopeful. When a large group of people come together to promote a singular cause the air becomes electric. Read More ...
Enough Already
By: Francine Terry
Here we go again. The republicans cry foul and the media reflexively say, oh yeah, it was definitely a foul. Case in point, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a government employee, provides briefings to the media and the country several times a week. Read More ...
Enough Already
By: Francine Terry
This is a sore topic for me. One that just gets my blood boiling. I am fortunate in that I have no personal experience with gun violence, but I saw the effects of it first hand when I worked in an inner-city hospital. Read More ...
Job 2:2 NKJV
By: F Forty
And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.” Read More ...
Doesn't Mean Rubber Stamp
By: Francine Terry
The GOP and many of the cable news hosts spent the past couple of weeks insisting that the Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee support the president’s nominee for Secretary of State. The president has accused the Democrats of refusing to support his nominees because they are obstructionist. Read More ...
Donald the Magnificent
By: Francine Terry
So, what could possibly go wrong? On June 12, 2018, Donald Trump will meet with Kim Jong Un for 45 minutes. The only other persons present will be their interpreters. Scary huh! Trump says he’s been preparing for this meeting all of his life and says, “very quickly, I’ll know if something good is going to happen”. Read More ...
It's Not Over Yet
By: F Forty
The American Civil War was a civil war that was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. As a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. Read More ...
It's All On White People
By: F Forty
Here When Donald Trump announced his run for the Presidency he immediately followed with a diatribe against the entire Mexican Race. He called them rapists and drug dealers while accusing the Government of Mexico of sending their worst citizens to the United States. Read More ...
You Don't Own This Space
By: Francine Terry
I recently read an article about Ving Rhames. He was held at gunpoint in his home by the police. One of his neighbors called 911 and reported a large black man breaking into the home across the street (his home). The police knocked on his door. Read More ...
Will They Vote For Trump Again
By: F Forty
As we move closer and closer to the midterm elections there is a drumbeat that continues to get louder and louder. The drumbeat is banging out a familiar refrain. That refrain deals with the importance of the vote that will be cast by white suburban women. Read More ...
Can We Have Some Too
By: Suh Wilson
I tune into the television day after day and I am bothered by the fact that most laws and regulations enacted by the Trump administration primarily address the needs of the rich donor class. The current men and women in Congress have done nothing to address the needs of the people, at least the people I know. Read More ...
No Surprise Here
By: F Forty
On March 8, 2018 the President of the United States signed a proclamation imposing a 25% tariff on steel and a 15% tariff on aluminum. Read More ...
People Moving In
By: Suh Wilson
I understand how a stable community can fall prey to the nonsense and nuisance of urban life. I have been a resident of my current community for over 30 years. It was and by some estimations still is a very nice homeowner’s neighborhood. Read More ...
Take Your Vote Seriously
By: F Forty
As we move towards the end of 2018 and another election, Baltimore City is once again on pace to register over 300 murders. As of October 18, 2018, there were 253 murders recorded in the City. This is on the heels of 2017 when Baltimore had the worst homicide rate among the nation’s 50 largest cities and the second-highest violent crime rate overall, according to new data from the FBI. Read More ...
White Grievance
By: Francine Terry
White grievance is on the rise. Many white persons blame all the misery in this country and in their lives on “those people”, you know, people who don’t look like them. They embrace their “white privilege” all the while denying its existence. Just in case you’re confused about the phrase “white privilege, let me share some glaring examples that have been in the news that should help you to understand and recognize it the next time it occurs. Read More ...
Clinging to the Impossible Dream
By: Suh Wilson
Unfortunately I was born in an era that would be known as the sandwich generation. Too young to retire, still have dependents who were depending on my assistance for survival, aging parents and grandparents. Not only does that hold true for the cycle of life, but also the cycle of technology, and employment. Read More ...
No Degree Required
By: F Forty
UIn looking at the United States of America from a historical perspective I have always been intrigued by the notion that America represents the highest ideals of a Democracy. The ideals of a true Democracy are the right to life, liberty, and property which no Government can take away. Read More ...
Not!
By: Francine Terry
Let’s be clear, in the strictest sense, America has never been white. When whites came to the new world, their term so they could claim it as their own, it was inhabited by an indigenous people. They called them Indians, but they were native to the land (Native Americans). Read More ...
By: Suh Wilson
I don’t know about you, but when I tune into the news, there’s always another report of how Donald Trump used various entities to help him overcome deficits and win the election from Hilary Clinton. I’m not trying to be a sore loser but, go figure. Read More ...
They Change the Rules
By: F Forty
St Frances is the oldest catholic school in the archdiocese of Baltimore. The school is predominantly black with the majority of the student’s families living at or below the poverty line. In 2013, 2014, and 2015 the school’s football program was 3-3, 4-2, and 0-6 in the Maryland Scholastic Association’s Read More ...
The Time is Now
By: T Nicole T
The argument over reparations will always be ignored. Just as a debtor ignores the phone calls from creditors America ignores the cries of African Americans. For the purposes of my writings, I prefer the term Black or Black American not to be confused with a blond haired, ... Read More ...
The Importance of Intellectual Property to the Culture
By: T Nicole T
It’s my First year at the University of Virginia circa 2000. I sit in my Computer Science 101 class and my professor opens up by boldly stating “By the time you all graduate, your degree will be obsolete. It will be the equivalent of a High School Diploma.” Read More ...
The Contract Was Verbal
By: F Forty
As the political pundits continue to salivate over the Mueller report there is a critical event that occurred during the 2016 political campaign that is not being viewed in its proper perspective. On July 27, 2016 then candidate Donald J. Trump uttered these ... Read More ...
This Is Who We Are
By: F Forty
As the number of mass shootings in the United States of America continue to accelerate our elected officials continue to be complicit. When you step back and examine what is going on in our Country it is appalling. Read More ...
The Glory Years
By: Gary Rodney
In this the second of a multipart article we explore the growth and glory years of the Bethlehem Steel facilities at Sparrow Point, Maryland and the positive impact that the steel mill had on Baltimore, the city of our youth. Read More ...
A Conversation About Baltimore
It's More Than What You See On the News
By: Francine Terry
This tread is a discussion among three millennials. They were born in Baltimore and attended elementary and high school in Baltimore. They are proud to be natives of ... Read More ...
The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost
By: F Forty
A very interesting thing is taking place in the United States. The Country is basically imploding before our very eyes. Now all of us have our opinions on why this is happening, but I suggest that we start at the beginning of this great experiment to find the answer. Read More ...
Really?
By: Suh Wilson
I’ve been listening to our President for about 2 years now. I have reached the conclusion that this country has a real problem with reality. How can so many people sit and listen to the many lies and made up stories that come out of his mouth. Read More ...
You Have to Take the Ball
By: F Forty
I am a huge sports fan, so I have to admit that I tend to use sports analogies more than most. Having said that, what is going on in terms of our response to the deadly COVID-19 assault has me thinking about another situation in sports that remains seared in my mind. It was the 1994 NBA finals when the New York Knicks faced the Houston Rockets. Read More ...
It's Time for an Intervention
By: Francine Terry
Donald Trump, the GOP and now the pandemic have made it impossible to continue to deny the simple fact that our country is in trouble and has been for many years. It’s time for brutal honesty. It’s like living with an emotionally disturbed child and not accepting that the child is emotionally challenged until something so horrible happens that you are forced to face the truth. Read More ...
Is This My New Normal
By: Suh Wilson
When I think of the good things and all the smiles that became permanent wrinkle lines on my face, I can only be upset that my grandchildren may not be able to enjoy the comforts of real freedom. This virus has literally taken over our lives. How insignificant we really are. Just a puff and there you have it. I never thought I would ever be afraid of the future. Read More ...
Come Out of the Darkness
By: Francine Terry
January 6, 2021 really is a day that will live in infamy. For the second time in the history of this Country the seat of our Democracy was attacked by a group intent on overthrowing our Gov-ernment. Unlike what hap-pened during the War of 1812 this attack was cap-tured live and in color. Read More ...
