The slander against Black fathers is as old as the country. The men who owned us knew better. So does modern social science. By Ben Jealous — Last week I…
The slander against Black fathers is as old as the country. The men who owned us knew better. So does modern social science. By Ben Jealous — Last week I…
Three weeks before he died, Dr. King stood up and argued with a number. The July jobs report says he was right. By Ben Jealous — Three weeks before he…
Frederick Douglass asked the question in 1853. Maryland is starting to answer it. By Ben Jealous — In 1836, four white apprentices beat Frederick Douglass nearly blind in a Baltimore…
A Commentary and Analysis by Selwyn Carter, Black Politics! — As we accelerate toward the 2026 Fall midterms, the cable media tends to discuss the upcoming elections through a comfortable,…
Public asked to reach out to bi-partisan members of Congress By Hazel Trice Edney — UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is asking the public for help to pass historic multi-million…
When we forget the first fights over voting rights, we forget who profits when the many are divided. By Ben Jealous — Voting rights is back in the news because…
America turns 250 this week. We should be proud. We should also be honest. By Ben Jealous — Every year, we remember Paul Revere’s ride. As we should. We should…
By Ted Glick — “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year,…
By Hazel Trice Edney — It was Oct. 28, 2001, less than two months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon in Virginia and the World Trade Center…
Neighbors of all colors gathered on sacred and stained ground, called each other cousin, and reminded a nation that freedom belongs to everyone. By Ben Jealous — On Juneteenth, I…
By Ben Jealous — The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things he got right. I was 14 the first…
The ground at the Hermitage is sacred and stained, and the music made by enslaved people and their progeny is what still feeds this country’s hope. By Ben Jealous — …