By Dr. Maulana Karenga — On Monday of this week, the Department of Africana Studies and the College of Liberal Arts at CSULB co-sponsored a retirement celebration for me, for…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — On Monday of this week, the Department of Africana Studies and the College of Liberal Arts at CSULB co-sponsored a retirement celebration for me, for…
By Ben Jealous — Thirty miles south of Chicago, the Gary Works steel mill is getting a $14 billion modernization, protecting tens of thousands of jobs. Similar investments are underway…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Now that Zohran Mamdani is the mayor-elect of New York City, expect the slings and arrows at him to intensify. He has been called everything…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Certainly, I’m aware that by the time this column is read, the election results will be in and we will have achieved some important electoral…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Dick Cheney, who died this week at age 83, was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in modern American politics. The former Vice…
By Ben Jealous — We just fell back. The season of darkness is coming on. But this year, more than any I can remember, that darkness feels existential, not just…
Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Sunday September 28th I was delighted to attend the massive Zohran Mamdani Get Out the Vote Rally at the historic…
By David A. Love, JD — Welcome to the MAGA era of white grievance under Trump, a desire to return to the good old days and keep control away from…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a sankofa reminder that we must constantly lift up the light that lasts and drive away the illusions, shadows and showboating that pose…
MAGA voters and Democrats alike know workers need $25 an hour. Acting on that consensus is how we save American families. By Ben Jealous — The old blues singer had…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — For millions of Americans, the federal government isn’t an abstraction. It’s a paycheck, a housing voucher, a student loan payment, a disaster relief check. When…
By Ben Jealous — My parents’ marriage was against the law in Maryland in 1966, so they moved west. By the time I was born in 1973, they had settled…