By Ben Jealous — Far too often, big polluters feed us the lie that we have to choose between clean air or a healthy economy. Last week, the Biden-Harris administration…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels As the renowned boxer Roy Jones, Jr. one famously proclaimed: “You must have forgot.” Far too many Americans must have…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — There is, as always, a timeless library of life experiences and life lessons that inform and instruct us on the significance and centrality of this…
By Julianne Malveaux — Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) attacked his colleague, St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO), with rash, brash, and out-of-control language. It happened at the end of…
By Ben Jealous — With the start of Black History Month, I brace myself for the mis-telling of Black History yet again. In schoolhouses and everywhere the stories are told,…
By Myrtha Désulmé, Jamaica Gleaner — January, 1, 2024, ushered in the momentous 220th anniversary of Haiti’s independence, an unprecedented feat never again repeated anywhere. But while the world owes…
By Dr. Ron Daniels — I received the stunning news that Joe Madison, the legendary Black Eagle, was our newest Ancestor in Dallas, TX at the magnificent Installation Ceremony of…
Practicing art as centering, freedom and resistance: Retrieving some essentials of a Black aesthetic
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we engage the 2024 ASALH Black History Theme: “African Americans and the Arts”, it is important to approach it as a celebration, invitation and…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Back in the day, there was a popular men’s hair preparation called Brill Cream that was so strong, so powerful,…
By Dr. Barbara Reynolds — Not another King dying far too soon. This was the immediate reaction of many at the news that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr….
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this month of invited meditation, making resolutions and deep reflection about ourselves and the state of things in the world, I turn to the…
By Julianne Malveaux — Brittany Watts wasn’t seeking an abortion. At 21 weeks, she sought medical care at nearby Mercy Health-St. Joseph’s Hospital in Warren, Ohio. A doctor told Ms….