The Revolution promised freedom. Reconstruction promised equality. Neither fight is finished. By Ben Jealous — In my house, two legacies face each other. On one wall hangs a reproduction of…
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The March on Washington shows how artists, through solidarity and courageous love, helped bring the last one to an end. By Ben Jealous — Everywhere I go lately, people whisper…
By Ben Jealous — A Midwestern schoolteacher once told her class that a sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. “Look around the classroom,” she said. “The smartest kids…
By Ben Jealous — I started out this year, 2025, in Chicago, honored to give the Martin Luther King Day address at Reverend Jesse Jackson’s big gathering. The timing was…
By Ben Jealous — On the Fourth of July, Donald Trump signed his “megabill.” The law boosts the dying fossil fuel industry with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. It…
By Ted Glick – “This is a fight for life. And like all fights, you need a tremendous amount of bravery to take it on. Before I started working on…
By Ben Jealous — None of us should be silent about the recent use of federal agents by this administration to bully, arrest, and investigate political opponents. Just as none…
The Trump administration’s big lie is that only the most vicious and violent of those in the country without proper documentation would be rounded up. A View From the Battlefield…
By Ted Glick – “Anger against injustice and oppression is not just legitimate; it is necessary to successfully build a movement for real change. But anger needs to be used…
As the nation unravels today, the legacy of Haiti’s progressive president Estimé echoes louder than ever By Stéphane Pierre-Paul — It would be unreasonable to compare former Haitian president Dumarsais…
By Ted Glick – “Veterans and military family members are being fired by the thousands from federal jobs. Our health care is being gutted. Our benefits are under siege. “This…
By Ben Jealous — Where I grew up in California, on quiet mornings, you could hear the birds before anything else – finches, warblers, sparrows. They made the dawn feel…
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