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Jesse Jackson: Kudos to President Trump for not following the ruinous advice of his aides and supporters.

The lingering effects of slavery are too obvious not to have a conversation about finally addressing them.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson wants the idea of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves discussed, he tells The Baltimore Sun's editorial board.

“Minoritized” is a violent word that makes the user look insensitive, suggests sinister intention by its subject and assigns an insulting lack of agency to its object.  It is the sort of word that reflects poorly on everyone associated with it. 

This has indeed been a Black History Month that explains why we need Black History Month, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Has no black candidate ever been able to win statewide office because of white voters racial biases.

Willie J. Gray, a Baltimore businessman who became a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee, died at Lehigh Valley-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem, Pa. The Govans resident was 76.

Ben Jealous, who describes himself as an organizer, is trying to blaze a progressive path to the Maryland State House.

Martin Luther King Jr. called upon Americans to live up to the best versions of themselves, says Jonah Goldberg.

Over the past few days, during commemorations of the 50th anniversary of his murder, we've heard a lot about King's prophetic vision of peace and social justice. There's been much less talk about his serial philandering, which reminds us that he was — like all of us — a flawed human being.

In "Reflections," the artist Terrence A. Reese shot black and white images of the living spaces of such cultural icons as Jesse Jackson, B.B. King and Cathy Hughes. These leaders appear in Reese's gorgeous photographs as images in a mirror.

There's a growing body of evidence that even if diversity once made America stronger, it may not be doing so anymore, at least in the short and medium term.

Baltimore will not improve if the focus is on racism, not fixing the problems.

Donald Trump essentially endorsed police brutality before a gathering of police officers in Long Island, says Jesse Jackson.

President Donald Trump and his administration are expressing moral values that have no market value, says Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Rod Rosenstein cited the final case he handled in his former role: the prosecution of seven Baltimore police officers accused of corruption in the line of duty.

In some of her most expansive public comments about the Freddie Gray case since dropping charges against the accused officers last year, Baltimore State's

“He's symbolizing the pain of this hour. There are far more people for him than against him. He represents the best in America.”

A half-century after Martin Luther King's death, is Baltimore less segregated? Yes and no.

Benjamin Banneker is among dozens of Marylanders and Baltimoreans represented in a collection of approximately 40,000 artifacts — some 3,000 onsite. Objects of local origin include a stone slave auction block from Hagerstown. A pinback from the Baltimore Elite Giants, a Negro League baseball team. Colorful entertainment placards produced by Baltimore's own Globe Poster Printing Corp.

As the author of a book about the history of Lexington Market, I was pleased to read that a decision has been reached to raze the current structure and replace it with a new one. But then I looked at the picture of the proposed building, and the more I looked, the less I liked. It seems as though the designers misinterpreted "clean and well-lit" to mean "uninviting and sterile." The glass and metal rendering could be anything, anywhere — a bus station in Omaha, a savings and loan in

Post debate, each presidential candidate's surrogates gave the same old spin, says David Horsey. What else would you expect?

There is no doubt that TV ads played a major role in Tuesday's Democratic primary election for mayor, which Catherine Pugh won by only 2,574 votes over Sheila Dixon. The question is how much the outcome was shaped by the money spent on a highly sophisticated media effort for Pugh — and against Dixon.

Six years after her resignation, thousands of Baltimoreans want Sheila Dixon back as mayor.

In a surprise move Wednesday night, prominent civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson filed to run for Baltimore mayor as a Democrat.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at Morgan State University's winter commencement Friday.

Noted civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be the keynote speaker for Morgan State University's winter commencement on Friday morning, the college announced this week.

As the election season kicks into higher gear and black voters become even more valuable, there will be other meetings with ministers, civic leaders, entrepreneurs, educators. All good. But shame on any candidates who think they can obtain black votes in exchange for only photo ops and the chance for a select few to boast about "my guy" (or gal). Shame on blackfolks if we can be bought for so little.

Leonard Pitts Jr. asks 'where's the indignation for what African Americans do to themselves?'

Center Stage's new online video plays reflect the multifaceted nature of the Black Lives Matter movement

Cal Thomas offers his lessons for building wealth: Get married, invest, save, help others, and prepare for change.

Count Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti among those who believe jobless running back Ray Rice should get an opportunity in the NFL this season.

Add the Rev. Jesse Jackson to the growing list of public figures who say former Ravens running back Ray Rice deserves a second chance to play in the NFL.

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been released from a halfway house in Baltimore, where he'd been living since his release from an Alabama federal prison in March.

Malik Shabazz knows that many don't want him here in Baltimore. And for them, he has bad news.

The six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray – who died last month after being injured in police custody – have been charged criminally, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Friday.

After the riots, build a better Baltimore

Susan Reimer on the Freddie Gray riots

California Gov. Jerry Brown has reason to appreciate the saying that what goes around, comes around. Some 38 years after coping with a massive drought in the Golden State in his first governorship, he's beleaguered again by the same natural disaster.

Baltimore and Selma have a lot in common — including misrule by Democrats.

Sharpton and others wanted 'I can't breathe' protests to lead to attacks of police officers

The shift in U.S. policy toward the island marks the end of the last vestige of the Cold War

Today's self-proclaimed "Clinton Democrats" are more like Mr. Obama than they want to admit, writes Jonah Goldberg.

Newspaper has been slow to report on Federal Hill stabbing and its racial implications

Unrest in Ferguson shows need for police intervention and crowd control