Commentary

ABOVE CARTOON:  Patrick Chappatte, NZZ am Sonntag By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Hurricane Harvey did everything people said it would do, and more.  It either drowned or swallowed everything it touched in Corpus Christi, Houston, Beaumont, the gulf coast of Louisiana, and a bunch of other places.  Already, estimators say that Harvey may be our nation’s…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com In 2015, CNN reported that 49 percent of Americans thought that racism was a big problem in the United States.  Not surprisingly, people of color and Whites had significantly differing views regarding the subject.  Sixty- six percent of Blacks and 64 percent…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Johanna Morrow plays the didgeridoo during a memorial service for Justine Damond Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Damond was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on July 15 after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home. (Aaron Lavinsky /Star Tribune via AP) Noor’s defense…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  The interior of the Ferguson Starbucks Cafe. By Linda Wallace Ferguson, Mo. — People around the globe know of Ferguson, Missouri and how it became famous virtually overnight. Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed African-American man died here at the hands of a White police officer. After it was announced that a grand jury…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune   By Brett Mandel Like each of us, cities earn their nicknames and, like each of us, cities may long for another nickname when saddled with a less-than-favorable one.  In a city with a mayor who just released a two-decade plan to be litter-free, Philadelphia may wish to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Pastor Joel Osteen  (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) (Or, how Pastor Joel Osteen and his Hurricane Harvey conduct show why we need to retire the phrase “prosperity gospel”.) By Denise Clay Right now, the Lakewood Church in Houston is filling up with some of the people who have displaced by the floods caused by…

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By State Rep. Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) www.pahouse.com/Schlossberg Labor Day is a day dedicated to recognizing the social and economic achievements of American workers and their contribution to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our wonderful nation. When the first Labor Day was celebrated in September 1882, it was at a time when American cities were the…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Ed Wexler, CagleCartoons.com   With the Charlottesville incident and Donald Trump’s presidency, the Republican Party’s chickens have come home to roost.   By Chris Murray For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun Forgive me if I find the recent Republican outrage to President Donald Trump’s response to the white supremacist…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com   If you’re wondering why Donald Trump can’t seem to get his response to the incident in Charlottesville right, remember who brought him to the Presidential Dance.   By Denise Clay “You’ve gotta dance with the one that brung ya…” That line came from the late Molly Ivins, a political…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)   By Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller Senior pastor–Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Over 54 years ago, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. penned a letter…

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