Commentary

By Rev. William B. Moore No Stadium No Deal Coalition Many of us in the North Philadelphia communities surrounding Temple University read with great interest the op-ed by the university’s president, Richard Englert, and its provost, JoAnne Epps, in which they expressed extensive regrets and apologies for the university having submitted to U.S. News and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Kay Coles James   Kay Coles James, the president of the Heritage Foundation, says that instead of being a sword against freedom and rights, the Constitution has been the shield that’s made them possible.   By Kay Coles James President, The Heritage Foundation It’s shaping up to be a hot summer in D.C.—and…

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By Jesse Jackson TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM As teams gear up for the NFL season, President Donald Trump is reviving his destructive and diversionary attacks aimed at turning fans against players. The league office stepped in it by unilaterally declaring that players who do not want to stand during the national anthem should stay in the locker room….

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By Julianne Malveaux TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM Recently news came out that the electronics retailer Best Buy, decided to reconsider their partnership with a company called Vivint. The partnership allowed Vivint employees to work inside Best Buy stores, to sell Best Buy customers products capable of reducing their home’s energy usage. The potential decision by Best Buy is…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Cropped Photo: Families Belong Together / CC BY-SA 4.0) By Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds and Rev. Dr. Keith Magee TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions has reached down into the garbage can of history to twist passages of Holy Scripture, once used by segregationists to perpetuate slavery, segregation, White nationalism and Jim Crow, to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sean Schellenger   You’re gonna have to forgive me for being more than a little confused about the reasoning behind Michael White’s murder charge.   By Denise Clay What do you get when you combine a cell phone video, some eyewitnesses, and the high-profile death of a prominent developer with a colorful history…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sen. Kamala Harris  (D-Calif)   (Photo: Rejean Wilson)   Sens. Bob Casey and Kamala Harris spent part of last Friday at the First District Plaza building convincing voters of just how important their participation is in November’s elections.   By Denise Clay If you spend any time on social media, you might think that the November…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Shutterstock) By Jesse Jackson TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM We are witnessing an astounding attack on democracy by the five male right-wing majority of the Supreme Court — “black robed rulers,” Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan called them, “overruling citizens’ choices” in a series of 5-4 decisions. These are right-wing lawless judges ignoring the laws and will…

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By A. Peter Bailey TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM In the late 1960s, several young brothers, including myself, had the mind-expanding experience of studying propaganda analysis under the tutelage of the brilliant Professor Mahmoud Boutiba. During those sessions we met once a week for nearly a year. His main point was for us to remember that there is no…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Debra Lee arrives at The 2016 BET Honors Awards at the Warner Theater in Washington DC. (Photo: Shutterstock)   By Marc H. Morial TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” — Shirley Chisholm, African-American politician & activist, November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005 Debra…

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