By Ericka Alston Buck (BALTIMORE – July 25, 2023) – If you’ve lived in Baltimore for many years, there is no way you have missed the man who panhandles with two prosthetic hooks for hands and two prosthetic legs. He used to be at the intersection of President & Pratt. He would sometimes be near Upton Market at Pennsylvania & Laurens. Noticeably addicted to drugs. Homeless. Helpless. His name is Terry. I have not seen Terry for years. I have thought of him often and feared that the horrors of drug addiction may have taken his life. I know his…

(ANNAPOLIS – May 25, 2023) – Why has the NAVY decided to intentionally mark the only access road to one of the last historical predominantly African American(Black) Homesteads on the Broadneck Peninsula a suburb of Annapolis, Mulberry Hill? For almost a year several concerned Anne Arundel residents and environmentalists have been raising awareness about the potential new golf course to be built on the Greenbury Point Conservation Area. Those plans are apparently on hold, but what is the meaning of this new street marking placed on Providence Road in the last few weeks? #USGovernmentProperty. Another sign was painted on the…

(WASHINGTON, D.C. – TriceEdneyWire.com – May 2, 2023) – As a parent, do you think your child is reading at grade level? The Learning Heroes’ National Parent Survey, conducted annually since 2016, consistently found that many parents tend to overestimate their child’s academic performance, including their reading levels. According to Be A Learning Hero’s Hidden in Plain Sight survey findings, 92% of parents believe their child is at or above grade level, while 44% of teachers believe that students will be prepared for grade-level work. Meanwhile, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data, also called the National Report Card, showed that 65% of…

By Cecelia Quarles (BALTIMORE – April 23, 2023) – I feel tremendously blessed to have grown – up in a time when partying and clubbing were a lot different than it is now. Come to think of it, everything was different. The music was different, The DJs were different, the people were different and the attitudes were tremendously different. We were Happy. Everything was new. There was nothing really to sample – musically because everything was still being created. Ours is The Standard. There was much more laughter and smiles at the club. We were not constantly “hating on” everyone…

(TALLAHASSEE – March 18, 2023) – I just started a petition titled “Tell the Florida State Board of Education That Black History Matters”! My name is Brianna Beadle, and I am an alumna of Florida public schools and Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Just yesterday, Governor Ron DeSantis rejected the College Board’s request to approve its Advanced Placement African American Studies course.1 His argument: Teaching advanced Black history  “significantly lacks educational value.”2 This is complete and utter nonsense.  Though born and raised in Florida, I attended K through 3 in Connecticut; there I attended a charter school with predominantly Black educators and students. But when…

(ANNAPOLIS – March 5, 2023) – According to sources close to the State of Maryland’s procurement offices, the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) program’s biggest challenge is resources. Hence, if Gov. Wes Moore is going to make strides in the realm of MBE, he is going to have to put unprecedented resources into the compliance aspect of the various programs in the state’s agencies. The states around the country with MBE programs follow similarities of the federal government’s model for the DBE Program. However, each state is left to determine for themselves how serious they are about ensuring actual MBEs benefit…

(BALTIMORE – March 4, 2023) – One of Baltimore City’s favorite sons past a few days ago. Damon Hughes grew up on the Westside and graduated from Morgan State University. Thereafter, he embarked on his professional career in the design field and the corporate world simultaneously. Somewhere along the way, his passion for social equity and economic engineering inclusion surfaced and he became, at first a student … and then a legend. His first assignment in government enabled him to create a world-class MBE/WBE compliance and goal-setting mission with Baltimore County government with county purchasing. Often he would clash with County…

(BALTIMORE – February 17, 2023) – The debacle over the BGE Conduit deal is a brutal indictment of our Strong Mayor system of government in Baltimore. We must respond by democratizing the Board of Estimates to make it more accountable to our residents. Or, we could just abolish it. Yesterday’s vote was rushed. There has not been adequate time for community input. There are unanswered questions about equitable infrastructure investment, the impact of the deal on electric rates for City residents, and the impact on our City workforce. A former Council President wisely warned us of this bad outcome while…

By Derrick Burnett (BALTIMORE – February 13, 2023) – We’re asking  Everyone to go support our Divine 9 Brother Edwin Avent ( Kappa) and his Baltimore Collegiate School For Boys on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at 5:30 pm at the Baltimore City Public Schools Headquarters Building as they are trying to close down his charter school to educate young African American men for political and unjust reasons. A DIVINE “9” EFFORT is needed to support his ongoing efforts. He has an excellent school and principal in former Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Principal Dr. Barney Wilson. Please reach out to Edwin for…

(BALTIMORE – February 10, 2023) – Simply put, history is a story, record, and interpretation of the past.  John Hendrik Clarke, the historian extraordinaire, highlights its importance in his remarks,  “The events which transpired five thousand years ago, five years ago or five minutes ago have determined what will happen five minutes from now, five years from now or five thousand years from now.  ALL HISTORY IS CURRENT EVENTS.” He who rules has control over the historical record which includes interpretation of that record and thus, all others are forced to view the world through the eyes of the dominant…