https://spectacularmag.com/tag/op-ed/ Your source for event, sports, culture, and entertainment news Sat, 06 Jul 2024 16:28:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://spectacularmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-SpecMag-Square-Logo-White-150x150.png https://spectacularmag.com/tag/op-ed/ 32 32 120840199 https://spectacularmag.com/2024/07/06/op-ed-stop-the-lynching-of-president-joe-biden/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 16:28:30 +0000 https://spectacularmag.com/?p=69963 By The Reverend Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. There are moments in life when the … Read More]]> 69963 https://spectacularmag.com/2024/06/12/op-ed-nc-needs-a-leader-who-supports-veterans-students-and-teachers-by-hon-howard-lee/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:19:48 +0000 https://spectacularmag.com/?p=69690 1959 was a year of firsts in my life. That year, I was the first … Read More]]> 69690 https://spectacularmag.com/2023/08/10/op-ed-the-pact-act-fulfills-our-obligation-to-veterans-by-cong-james-e-clyburn/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 22:02:03 +0000 https://spectacularmag.com/?p=65051 The United States has long been described as a nation of ideas.  The founding fathers … Read More]]> 65051 https://spectacularmag.com/2020/09/25/op-ed-shaw-u-president-speaks-out-against-wells-fargo-ceo-comments/ Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:14:36 +0000 https://spectacularmag.com/?p=37094 Background:   Wells Fargo Chief Executive Charles Scharf exasperated some Black employees in a Zoom meeting … Read More]]> 37094 https://spectacularmag.com/2020/08/29/op-ed-durham-commissioners-failed-chance-to-assist-black-low-income-homeowners/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:54:44 +0000 https://spectacularmag.com/?p=36493 Letter to the Editor by Brenda Howerton, Member – Durham County Board of Commissioners Anyone … Read More]]> 36493 https://spectacularmag.com/2020/06/24/op-ed-a-letter-to-white-people-black-americans-are-exhausted/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:52:30 +0000 https://spectacularmag.com/?p=34309 Letter to the Editor Submitted by John R. Faison Sr. – Senior Pastor of Watson … Read More]]> 34309 https://spectacularmag.com/2020/06/22/op-ed-im-president-of-morehouse-college-heres-my-advice-to-protesters/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:12:32 +0000 https://spectacularmag.com/?p=34243 Op-Ed Letter To The Editor Submitted by:  Dr. David A. Thomas – President, Morehouse College … Read More]]> 34243 https://spectacularmag.com/2020/06/19/op-ed-the-best-way-to-defund-the-police-is-to-not-defund-the-police-yet/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:01:52 +0000 https://spectacularmag.com/?p=34161 Op-Ed Letter To The Editor: Submitted by: Mark-Anthony Middleton, Durham City Council, Ward 2 When … Read More]]> 34161