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…
Part 1. When we remember and recount the sacred narrative of Nat Turner, we must remember also the Kawaida fundamental teaching that our oppressor cannot be our teacher, especially about…
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…
November 3, 2015 Across the country, parents have been in revolt against high-stakes standardized testing, with kids tested over and over again while creativity is cut out of classroom curricula….














