
By Ted Glick — You don’t need to be a pacifist to regret the attempt on Trump’s life yesterday. The MAGA fascists are not going to be defeated on November…
By Ted Glick — You don’t need to be a pacifist to regret the attempt on Trump’s life yesterday. The MAGA fascists are not going to be defeated on November…
By Ben Jealous — Independence Day at its best is a call to action to leave our children an America as good as its promise. This time of year makes…
Haitians from all walks of life must take ownership of the political transition. By Monique Clesca — One morning this spring, as the sun’s orange tints seeped through my windows…
By Ben Jealous — When Terence Crutcher, a father of four who sang in his church choir, was shot and killed by the police in 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his…
Black people face enough barriers to enjoying the outdoors. Self-defeating stereotypes should not be one of them. By Ben Jealous — When Rodney Smith’s uncle invited him to go to…
By Ben Jealous — Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of transportation. As a driver of an (American-made) electric vehicle myself, I know firsthand the amount of money I have…
By Ted Glick — So what’s the state of the horse race for the Presidency? I’ve done a little research, and here’s what I’ve come up with. I looked at…
The once-upon-a-time defense of the poetics of rap has been ceded to the millennial mind of Genius.com, taking every syllable as ripe for mundane exegesis. By Lauren Michele Jackson, The…
By Ted Glick — April 30 is a day I remember because it is my mom’s birthday. She died in 2005. But it’s also a day I remember because, on…
By Ben Jealous — In Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago, Dulce Ortiz is celebrating with her children. Ortiz is a cofounder of the local environmental justice organization…
By Thom Hartmann — The most amazing thing about Donald Trump’s current criminal trial is that it is happening at all. He has told us that if he becomes president…
By Jim Clingman — In March of 2018, after 25 years of doing so, I submitted my final Blackonomics column to the members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The…