By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a necessary revisiting of a critical issue, reclaiming King in the turbulent and taxing context of our time. In the midst of our…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — As our beloved 37th President’s body makes its way from Plains, Georgia to Atlanta to the US Capitol to lie in state, tens of thousands of words…
By Ben Jealous — It may be the dead of winter, but when we think about our beaches none of us want to picture them covered in oil. That is…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the words our honored ancestors used to describe our “rising in radiance”, the world encompassing embrace and celebration of Kwanzaa by African peoples around…
By Ben Jealous — The incoming Trump administration is supposedly interested in “efficiency.” It has a whole quasigovernmental department – the Elon Musk- and Vivek Ramaswamy-chaired Department of Government Efficiency…
Pardon The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Marilyn Mosby, Esq., Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Political Prisoners Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels The Democrats lost the 2024…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a revisiting of an early and ongoing conversation about the shared meaning of Kwanzaa, its particular cultural message to African people, and its…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This year and each year, the coming of Kwanzaa causes us to come together in celebration, remembrance, reflection and recommitment. And it also urges us…
Black Dollars Matter—Let’s Get Ready to Rumble Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels White supremacist-tinged White folks don’t like Diversity Equity and Inclusion. They see it…
Part II. By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Nana Gwen Brooks was an internationally recognized and respected poet, Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize recipient when she decided to join the Black…
Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Originally Penned on November 28, 2024 On this day, which has come to be known as Thanksgiving, it is important…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — November 30 is Shirley Chisholm Day in New York, and it’s about time New York the nation, and indeed the world celebrates this Black woman,…