Opinion
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It’s time for Newsom to shut down California’s death row for good: Hutchinson Report
On June 2, I stood on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall, calling on the City Council to back…
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Revitalizing Sandtown-Winchester: A call for community health investment and local control
By Rosine Beleho I care deeply about Sandtown-Winchester because I’ve walked its streets, talked with its residents, and seen both…
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Progressives and the Black Vote
By Dayvon Love Zorhan Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic Party primary for mayor of New York City has led to…
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Seed and soil: How federal funding impacts scientific growth
Dear Editor: In the field of cancer research, the seed and soil theory states that for cancer to successfully spread, both the…
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What is artificial intelligence doing to our environment?
By McKenzie Green What?!?! I exclaim in amazement. ChatGPT isn’t an all knowing omnipotent being that can just reach into…
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Reconnecting Baltimore, rebuilding Haiti: Why H.R. 1114, Haitian American Enterprise Fund 2025 matters now
H.R. 1114, the Haitian American Enterprise Fund 2025, proposes a $5 billion investment to revitalize Haiti’s economy—an effort that would…
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J. Pharoah Doss: Joy Reid, Iran, and the non-proliferation treaty
After President Donald Trump’s military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities with B-52 bombers, former MSNBC host Joy Reid appeared on…
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Is pride in the way of progress?
Christopher Anderson, member of the Baltimore City Republican Central Committee and former congressional and Baltimore City Council candidate, argues that…
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Marilyn Mosby
For more than a year, I’ve been involved in working with Baltimore’s former State’s Atty., Marilyn Mosby, who has spent…
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OP-ED: A turning point in corrections: transparency, accountability & human dignity
A.8871/S.8415 obligates DOCCS to notify next-of-kin and publish a death notice publicly within 24 hours. The post OP-ED: A turning…
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OP-ED: We are building a more affordable New York
The Governor’s Affordability Agenda recently passed through the New York State Budget, delivering victories on issues that working families care…
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The Big Ugly Bill would deny ordinary Americans
“Senate Republicans tried to write Donald Trump’s contempt for the courts into law — gutting judicial enforcement, defying the Constitution,…
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Legally Written: A modern-day green book for justice
In honor of Juneteenth, Kisha A. Brown announces the launch of the first national Black Lawyer Directory aimed at empowering…
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A blueprint for protection: Learning from New York’s fight against deed theft
A disbarred attorney in New York, Sanford Solny, was found guilty of 13 counts of third-degree criminal possession of stolen…
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Independence Interrupted: What Fort Gregg-Adams teaches us this Fourth of July
The renaming of Fort Lee back to Fort Gregg-Adams, and the reversal of progress for Black women in the military…
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Congressional Morality Is at an All-Time Low
By Victoria Kirby York | Word In Black (WIB) – It is clear that a significant number of those elected to…
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This July 4, the Ultimate Act of Patriotism Is Calling for Reparations
By Richard E. Besser and Ryan P. Haygood | Word In Black (WIB) – In today’s fraught political climate, it may feel counterintuitive…
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‘What to the slave is the Fourth of July?’
The distance between this platform and the slave plantation from which I escaped, is considerable — and the difficulties to…
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This Independence Day, Remember Fighting Back is America’s Great Tradition
Photo Credit: Markus Spiske, Pexels I told my son recently that we’re descendants of the youngest combatant in the battle…
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Is Trump’s Immigration Policy Quietly Killing U.S. Tourism?
By Felicia J. Persaud | New York Amsterdam News | Word In Black (WIB) – I recently returned from Barbados, landing…
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Following the illegal bombing in Iran, impeachment is the only answer
By D.C. Representative Oye Owolewa President Donald Trump carried out an unconstitutional act of war on June 21 without Congressional…
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Oakland Post: Week of July 2- 8, 2025
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 2 - 8, 2025 The post Oakland Post: Week…
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Can you still make it in LA?
On a warm Wednesday in early June, Jaylen parks behind his building in West Adams and stares at a $73…
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As Millions Protest Donald Trump, ‘Silence of the Lames’ Speaks Volumes
By Aswad Walker | Houston Defender | Word In Black This post was originally published on Defender Network (WIB) – Hey! Did you…
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