Last night’s debate will help give Democrats an edge. But strengthening the base remains crucial. By Jeet Heer, The Nation — If you live by the debate, you will die…
By Ben Jealous — When Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president in 2021, she swore her oath of office on two Bibles. One belonged to our nation’s first…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I rarely think of Irish poets, but I could not help thinking of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) as I watched the 45th president unravel during…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Back in the day in Youngstown, Ohio, as a young aspiring Black Power, Black Nationalist, Pan Africanist, Internationalist organizer, advocate…
Join Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Wilson Global Communications, and the U.S. House Judiciary Committee for the “Reparations Now” discussion at the Congressional Black Caucus Conference on September 13, as they pay…
September 9, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined by special guest Bill Fletcher, Author, Political Commentator,…
A statement by Platform for African Democrats in response to the shooting of Bobi Wine by Ugandan police on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Wine was at an event in Kira…
By Ted Glick — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s explicit critique of Jill Stein and the Green Party several days ago have motivated me to write about my 17 years in that organization…
On Friday August 30, the Supreme Court of Maryland issued its decision in the case of Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition v. Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County. In its finding, the…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — In an election year, Labor Day kicks off the official campaign season, and Vice President Kamala Harris kicked hers off with a bang. She had…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Righteously refusing to be silenced and defiantly demanding a seat at the table, Nana Fannie Lou Hamer speaking and lobbying for justice at the Democratic…
By Sean Gallagher, AAIHS — In the past decade, scholars of Early America have produced a series of subaltern studies on enslaved women before the law. Books by Jessica Millward and Martha Jones have…