Vantage Point Articles & Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels Every year Black people look forward to the release of the National Urban League’s State of Black America Report to share…
Vantage Point Articles & Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels Every year Black people look forward to the release of the National Urban League’s State of Black America Report to share…
By Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel — Donald Trump won 48% of Latino voters in 2024 – the best Republican showing in half a century. Fourteen months later, 70% disapprove…
By Ben Jealous — We keep Black History Month on one shelf and Valentine’s Day on another. One is supposed to be about pain and struggle. The other about flowers…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In remembrance, retrieval and reaffirmation. Clearly, in this important month and historical moment of celebrating Black History through remembrance and recommitment to ever-deeper study and…
Condolences and Reflections from Dr. Brenda M. Greene Founder & Executive Director Emeritus Center for Black Literature, CUNY — Woodie King Jr., the founder of the New Federal Theatre in 1970, the…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Don Lemon knew he was going to be arrested. On January 18, he flew from Minneapolis to Chicago to emcee the MLK Breakfast for PUSH…
By Ben Jealous — Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson has emerged as a clarion voice for American democracy in turbulent times. The values he represents reflect the voters who elected him….
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The essential recommendation of close reading and critical reflection concerning history is one of those kinds of advice which is regularly given but infrequently followed….
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Black America is often told that foreign policy is distant—something for diplomats, generals, and elites in places most of us will never see. We are…
In a state where towns revisit old stories and cities reel from new ones, America’s 250th asks what it really means to be free. By Ben Jealous — In Minnesota…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — There is, indeed, in this historic moment, a specter, an evil spirit and pernicious presence haunting, hunting and wreaking havoc on the world. And it…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The United States insists it cannot afford housing, jobs, or care. Yet it can always afford cages. Immigration enforcement is not a response to crisis;…