By Ben Jealous — The racial divisions that have split our country for centuries don’t just live in people’s hearts and heads. Some of them exist in concrete and pavement…
By Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity — After a rigorous application, interview and scoring process, in which both internal and external candidates were assessed for the position…
By Julianne Malveaux — Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History sets a theme for Black History Month. This year the theme is Black…
DaQuan Lawrence to Coordinate Student and Young Leader Outreach. Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) announced today that DaQuan Lawrence, a Graduate…
Florida’s unapologetically racist governor, Ron DeSantis, has effectively declared war on the Black freedom movement. By Barbara Ransby, Truthout — Florida’s unapologetically racist governor, Ron DeSantis, announced last week that…
By Aaron Morrison, AP — The sound of the djembe drums started as a low tremble and grew more distinct as the musicians drew closer to the hundreds gathered inside…
Dr. Maulana Karenga — The savage murder and mayhem imposed and inflicted on yet another Black man, a Black person, Tyre Nichols, on his family and community and on Black…
By John Stoehr, AlterNet — Tyre Nichols getting beaten to death has sparked another round of debate over American policing. Let’s cut to the chase. First, very little will change…
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t a fan of unanimous juries and how much harder they make applying the death penalty. By Gabrielle Caplan, Vice — After going after trans…
By the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) — The most important, indisputable fact for us to all acknowledge in this moment of national grief and anger is that Tyre Nichols…
By Ben Jealous — We’ve had more mass shootings this year than we’ve had days this year. It’s sad to imagine that Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park will join…
Hotep dear family, I am outraged over the beating and murder of Tyre Nichols by self hating Black officers. The consequences of White supremacy and institutional racism have created abnormal…