Commentary

ABOVE PHOTO:  Helena Ramsay, 17, was one of 17 who died at the Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.   By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com The United States is failing in what surely is the first duty of government — protecting our children from threats that they cannot deal with themselves. Voters and politicians are failing…

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ABOVE PHOTO: In this July 15, 1967 file photo a National Guard officer passes the smashed window of a black-owned flower shop in riot-torn Newark, N.J. The last surviving member of the Kerner Commission says he remains haunted that the panel’s recommendations on US race relation and poverty were never adopted, but he is hopeful…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Milt Priggee, Oak Harbor, WA By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com We’ve just heard #45’s first State of the Union message. Some hoped he’d be decent, if not presidential.  Considering White House paranoia over the Russia investigation, his speech has already been pushed into the fog of forgetfulness for many, thanks to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Shani Davis of the United States trains during a speed skating training session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018.  (AP Photo/John Locher)   By Paul Newberry ASSOCIATED PRESS GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Shani Davis would’ve been a fitting choice to carry the American flag into the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Daryl Cagle (CagleCartoons.com)   By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Forget for a brief moment Trump’s vile, unabashed racist “sh**hole nations” slur of Haiti and African nations. This was simply Trump being Trump. There were two more telling things that came out of the latest Trump debacle. The first is what the GOP senators in…

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ABOVE PHOTO: (Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons)   By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM Not surprisingly, one of the latest revelations about #45 is the report that, in 2016, his lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid adult film star, Stephanie Clifford (AKA “Stormy Daniels”) $130,000 to secure an agreement preventing her from disclosing the details of a…

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By State Rep. Morgan Cephas, (D-Phila.) Last Friday, I joined “In Our Own Voice” to discuss their recently released report: “The State of Black Women and Reproductive Justice.” This report highlights the state of the health and well-being of women and girls of color in Pennsylvania. With more than 100 people listening, Reps. Jake Wheatley,…

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By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III TriceEdneyWire.com “Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? … And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet…

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By Keith Magee TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM As the world paused to honor one of the greatest African-Americans, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, most conscious Americans are bowing our heads, though not in prayer. We are enraged that Donald Trump, who garnered the presidency through his “birther” inquisition, questioning President Barack Obama’s legitimacy and identity, continues to…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  (Marian Kamensky, Austria) By Barbara Reynolds TRICEEDNEYWIRE.COM The ‘’sh*thole” debacle: It is one thing to rhetorically hate a race of people but it is quite another to have the power and the resources to destroy them. That is why President Donald Trump’s argument that people from “sh*tholes,” like Haiti and Africa don’t belong…

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