Commentary
#AskYourWorth: The Black Women’s Pay Equity Gap is Growing
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League (TriceEdneyWire.com) – “The equity gap is calculated not just on the basis of what the black female corporate lawyer makes, compared with her counterpart within the firm, but it looks at the median average salary … What is really bringing that wage gap…
Read MoreWe Have to Get Real about the Achievement Gap between Black and White Students
By Nate Davis, CEO and Board of Directors Chairman, K12 Inc. Our nation’s graduation rate is at an all-time high. The national figure shows 84 percent of young people, overall, graduating from high school within four years after first entering the 9th grade, a trend that has been on a consistent upswing since the 2010-2011…
Read MoreVivint Solar’s “White only” Cardboard Fort Casts Racist Shadow over the Rooftop Solar Industry
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Columnist There has always been bigotry in this country. In 2018, thanks to the leaders of the civil rights movement who risked their lives fighting for equality and justice, things are much improved. But these days some racists in this country are feeling encouraged to express their ugly views in public…
Read MorePutin-Trump: Brothers From Another Mother
By A. Peter Bailey, author and columnist (TriceEdneyWire.com) – It is very revealing and often disgusting to witness the national press coverage of the bromance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. They go on and on about Trump’s refusal to condemn the Russian “meddling” in the 2016 presidential campaign. They recite horror story after horror…
Read MoreScarred and Battle Tested from Heart Disease, But Still Fighting
By Rhonda E. Monroe, Incoming Board Chair-elect, WomenHeart WomenHeart (the first and leading voice for the 48 million American women living with or at risk of heart disease) story begins in February of 1999, when three women, united by heart disease, formed an organization that was destined to become a lifeline for women across this…
Read MoreStanding on the Side of Love
By Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children’s Defense Fund Every July people of faith gather at the Children’s Defense Fund’s Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry at our Haley Farm servant leadership training site. This year, the call by all major faiths to protect children and welcome the stranger has become an urgent and deafening…
Read MoreWhite America and the Hypocrisy of Trump’s Immigration Policy
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Columnist There has been a strange response by many White conservatives to the separation of migrant children from their parents. Whether we are discussing undocumented migrants or those requesting asylum, there has been rightwing pushback to the larger chorus of condemnation of the Trump administration for its zero tolerance.…
Read MoreBlack Workers Need “Real” Not “Fake” Paid Family Leave
By Melanie L. Campbell and Jennifer Tucker When Dorcas, a home health aide living in New York, learned of her mother’s illness, she used most of her vacation time to fly home and care for her. After a few weeks her leave was exhausted and tragically she could no longer afford to be with her…
Read MoreThe Audacity of Ida B. Wells
By Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The crusading journalist, Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862. Although she made her mark as a journalist, she was also a social worker, advocate, feminist, and organization leader. She too often gets short shrift in history, mainly because she did not go along to get along with…
Read MorePassing of Civil Rights Legend John Mack is Deeply-Felt Loss to Urban League Movement
Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League (TriceEdneyWire.com) – “John understood that to truly change hearts and minds in the LAPD, he had to go to work on the inside. And because he was not someone who just shouted in anger and tore things down for the sake of tearing them down,…
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