
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this critical moment of warmongering and warmaking and the awesome waste of lives and of needed resources for life and development in this country…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this critical moment of warmongering and warmaking and the awesome waste of lives and of needed resources for life and development in this country…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble and Ed Wright founded Black Music Month in June 1979. Also known as African American music Appreciation Month, it was first…
By Ben Jealous — None of us should be silent about the recent use of federal agents by this administration to bully, arrest, and investigate political opponents. Just as none…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the midst of our community conversations and participation in the urgent and ever-widening resistance to the terrorizing, disruptive and devastating ICE raids by the…
The Trump administration’s big lie is that only the most vicious and violent of those in the country without proper documentation would be rounded up. A View From the Battlefield…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Douglas Turner Ward (1930-2021) wrote a searing play, Days of Absence that depicted the way life might be like in a small southern town where…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Here, as Father’s Day approaches, I am retrieving one of the many portraits of our father I continually carry in my heart and mind and…
By Ted Glick – “Anger against injustice and oppression is not just legitimate; it is necessary to successfully build a movement for real change. But anger needs to be used…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — On Tuesday, June10, I was at the National Guard deployment facility on Alameda St. in DTLA. The National Guard quickly took the ground and was…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The murder and martyrdom of Nana George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and our 5th anniversary commemorations to mark the taking and legacy of his…
As the nation unravels today, the legacy of Haiti’s progressive president Estimé echoes louder than ever By Stéphane Pierre-Paul — It would be unreasonable to compare former Haitian president Dumarsais…
By Ted Glick – “Veterans and military family members are being fired by the thousands from federal jobs. Our health care is being gutted. Our benefits are under siege. “This…