By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — In his run-up to the midterm elections, the president is crisscrossing the country in an effort to energize his base. Unfortunately, he seeks to inflame…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — In his run-up to the midterm elections, the president is crisscrossing the country in an effort to energize his base. Unfortunately, he seeks to inflame…
In the Windy City, Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells spotlighted what Washington wanted forgotten. By Ben Jealous — This month we mark Columbus Day. The first one was a…
By Herb Boyd — As a member of an IBW21/PAUD delegation that traveled to Cuba this year, I remain concerned about the welfare of the people on this island nation….
By Ted Glick — Let Me Walk in Beauty O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me….
By R. Drew Smith — Publication information Abstract With the 1976 Soweto uprising serving as a point of departure for the current analysis, this article examines shifts, continuities, expansions, and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — If we, as a people, take seriously our critical and ongoing role as a moral and spiritual vanguard in this country and indeed the world,…
Jerry Greenfield quit a year ago this week, saying the company had been silenced. Now he and Ben are asking for our help. By Ben Jealous — For almost as…
The Constitution begins with three powerful words: “We the People.” History immediately asks: Which people? By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — When those words were written, “we” did not include enslaved…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In marking this the 61st anniversary of the founding of the organization Us and the development of the Nguzo Saba, it is also important to…
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. — Unless you have lived through it, it is easy to dismiss as racial paranoia the wariness and discomfort felt by many successful business…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — We and the world will always owe Haiti something special for its unique and singular contribution of breaking the back of enslavement in Haiti, expanding…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The national debt has passed $40 trillion—that is $40,000,000,000,000, a number with more zeroes than most of us can comfortably count. The Congressional Budget Office…