Hakeem Jeffries was president of his college chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically Black fraternity that he says shaped his future. By Mini Racker, Time — More than 30…
African Americans are returning to countries like Ghana more than 400 years after their ancestors left Africa as slaves. Many say they want either to reconnect to history, or resettle…
Daily Mail takes a look at the reparations debate, and finds out whether small-scale efforts in liberal enclaves could ever amount to a national effort to tackle racism’s legacy once…
Dear Friends, Last year marked our 55th anniversary in the publishing business. We are very proud to have built the oldest, independent, continuously operating Black publishing company in the nation….
Wes Moore will become Maryland’s first Black governor Wednesday. Here are the five Black governors who came before him, from Oscar Dunn to David Paterson. By Gillian Brockell, The Washington…
In the years since Haiti last held a democratic election, the challenges facing the country have spiraled: gang violence, inflation, a cholera outbreak. “It’s a collapse,” one outgoing senator said….
For many Black voters in Maryland who helped lift Wes Moore to victory, this moment — as he prepares to take his oath — is one of pride, and great…
By David Comissiong — On Monday 9th January 2023, a devastating blow was delivered to all those vested interests that would perversely seek to deny Africans and people of African…
Review by Herb Boyd — The style and novelistic pace Bill Fletcher, Jr. established in his debut book The Man Who Fell from the Sky is ratcheted up significantly in The Man Who…
A Boston Review Book Talk with Cornel West. Editor’s Note: In February 2018, the Cambridge Public Library hosted a conversation between Harvard University professors Tommie Shelby, Brandon M. Terry, Elizabeth Hinton,…
His last Sunday sermon reminds us about the perils of not being woke. By Esau McCaulley, NYT — In 1968, four days before he was shot on the balcony of…
Jan 16, 2023 MLK Day Edition of Vantage Point The Professor Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by Rev. Dr. Major Jemison, President Emeritus, Progressive National Baptist Convention, Oklahoman City, OK;…