Commentary

Transparency and honesty must come first in all relationships! By Linda Wallace Dear Cultural Coach: Recently, I met a guy on an online dating service who is smart, funny, caring and supportive. After we had gotten together a few times, my alarm bells started to ring. Many gay and bisexual African-American men hide their sexual…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  (Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons) By Marc H. Morial TriceEdneyWire.com “This committee has a duty to our citizens to carefully examine the qualifications of nominees for the Federal bench and to give our approval only to those who have demonstrated a personal commitment to the principle of equality for all Americans and a sensitivity…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)   By Councilmen Derek Green and Bobby Henon This year, Governor Tom Wolf signed the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act into law, authorizing a highly regulated medical marijuana program.  We offered legislation that will provide for the zoning uses that it requires, which we expect Mayor Jim Kenney to sign…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  “First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House: An Oprah Winfrey Special”  (Photo courtesy: OWN network) Conservatives are accusing First Lady Michelle Obama of not “going high” during her final White House interview with Oprah Winfrey. They’ll get over it. By Denise Clay In their latest attempt to get “Synchronized Neck…

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Remember, there’s the good stuff, and the stuff that leaves an awful taste By Linda S. Wallace Free speech is a little like free coffee. What you get doesn’t always go down well. It can make you sick or make the day richer, and smoother. Basically, it depends upon where it comes from and how…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com By Earl Ofari Hutchinson When Dr. Ben Carson emphatically declared that he has no government experience that would qualify him to run a federal agency, most took this to mean that he would quietly recede if not fade from public attention. We should have known better. President- elect Trump saw…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Marc Morial  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)   By James Clingman TriceEdneyWire.com Having read some of the post-election statements by our top Black organizations, and after watching some of their leaders on TV news shows, commenting and lamenting the loss by the Democrats, I thought about the effectiveness of our champions for civil rights,…

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By Linda S. Wallace Dear Cultural Coach: Recently, I sat in the stands with my daughter as we watched two teams battle for a spot in the state basketball tournament. We sat with the parents and supporters of one of the teams’ star player. She is African-American as are we. But her school is in…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is right to back a vote recount in the three states — Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — that gave Trump the White House. But there’s a big “but” after that. First, here’s why she’s right to support the recount and how…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons By Marc H. Morial TriceEdneyWire.com “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” — President Abraham Lincoln, “House Divided” Speech, June 16, 1858 The day after Republican Presidental candidate Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States of America, a group of middle school students in Royal Oak,…

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