By Oliver Laughland and Lauren Gambino Hillary Clinton met with prominent leaders of the new civil rights movement on Friday, including founders of the influential Campaign Zero, telling them she…
By: Jesse James DeConto Drake University ethicist Jennifer Harvey, signs her book “Dear White Christians,” during the Race & Faith Dialogue series at Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) A white…
By Jeet Heer The mystery of Ben Carson is that he’s a startlingly intelligent man with an inspiring life story who repeatedly makes unhinged assertions that are divorced from reality—and…
Puff Daddy Feels the US Government Owes the Black Community By: Yesha Callahan Sean Combs on New York radio station Hot 97 Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs marked his birthday last…
By: Jason Johnson Dr. Ben Carson How do you explain a phenomenon like Ben Carson? Even better, how do you explain a phenomenon like Ben Carson in our 24-hour news…
By: Fredrick C. Harris There are deep structural issues that continue to plague poor and working-class minority youth in America, writes Fredrick C. Harris in a new paper. This demographic…
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guest Harley Spry, Cherron Thomas and Don Rojas
By Michelle Chen It wasn’t supposed to end this way. But this week America learned that the folks everyone thought had it better than most are suffering a fate just…
By Suzy Khimm If you had to explain in 60 seconds why Bernie Sanders remains a long shot to win the Democratic nomination, you could do worse than point to…
By Paul Theroux The following is an excerpt from the new bookDeep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015): In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on a…

With the new Investigate platform, people will be able to automatically scan their investment portfolios and find out if companies are invested in the prison industry. This free investment screening…
By Michelle Chen Formerly incarcerated New Yorkers rally with VOCAL to ban the box outside City Hall. (VOCAL) Each year, hundreds of thousands of people who have spent time behind…