
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The brutal public judging and killing of Mr. Jordan Neely, a poor, homeless, mentally-ill Black man in New York City, offers again life-and-death evidence of…
Commentary, articles and essays written by Dr. Maulana Karenga
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The brutal public judging and killing of Mr. Jordan Neely, a poor, homeless, mentally-ill Black man in New York City, offers again life-and-death evidence of…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — There is clearly so much to say in paying rightful homage to Nana Harry Belafonte in meaningfully marking his recent transition and ascension to sit…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Whatever other lessons we glean from the targeting, accusation, indictment, trial, trashing and conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas and the dual response to all this by…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The expanding discourse of concern and needful resistance that has developed in the Black scholarly and engaged community around the planned USA tour of Dr….
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 2. Nana Harriet Tubman possessed not only a hearing heart developed and defined by rightful attentiveness, empathetic understanding and appropriate action as requested and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. This is in homage to Nana Harriet Tubman: African woman, Black and beautiful woman; fierce and fearless freedom fighter; womanist warrior for all…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Author’s Note: This is my standard article in celebration of Black History Month II: Women Focus. This is the month for celebrating the miracles and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — It is the sacred teaching of our honored foremother, Nana Fannie Lou Hamer, that there are two things we all should care about “never to…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this month of remembering, raising up and reflecting on our awesome making and movement through history, it is good to remind our ourselves, society…
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 Dr. Maulana Karenga — Author’s Note: As we come to the end of January and recommit ourselves to practices of good in and for the world, the pursuit and…
Dr. Maulana Karenga — One of the most critical tasks of our times is to reaffirm, deepen and expand our culture of struggle as a people, with its rich talkings…