By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Above all, gift-giving is the sharing of good, and practiced rightly, it becomes not only a ritual of celebration, but also a lesson and a…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — We must never forget and do not forget the oppression and righteous resistance of other oppressed and suffering peoples of the world, the Haitian people,…
Cornel West has been condemned by Establishment Democrats as a narcissistic curmudgeon and dismissed by academics as an intellectual has-been. What else is there to do but run for president?…
By Ron Jacobs, CounterPunch — In late October while his military bombed the people of Gaza around the clock in response to the Hamas October 7, 2023 massacre of Israelis,…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Surely in these times in which there is complicit silence and active support for the radical evil of genocide waged through war by Israel and…
By Ben Jealous — If we’re going to realize the climate benefits of historic federal support for clean energy and jobs approved in the last two years, connections are the…
By Julianne Malveaux — There is no question how I will vote in a contest between President Joe Biden and the toxic prior President. Biden wins every time. But I’m…
The violence of colonization was not limited to bombs and armies. By Karen Attiah, The Washington Post — As the assault on Gaza nears its fifth week, I’ve been watching…
By Vijay Prashad, Globetrotter — On October 30, 2023, Israeli authorities said that they had killed “dozens” of Hamas fighters in the first days of their ground invasion. Meanwhile, Gaza’s…
By Julianne Malveaux — Many are rejoicing that Republicans finally got around to electing a speaker, thus breaking the logjam that began when Trump acolyte Matt Goetz (R-FL) introduced legislation…
By Ben Jealous — The plot twist in the horror movies we love to watch at this time of year (including 1978’s “Halloween”) is used so often it’s no longer…
The Black legacy of channeling our grief toward a more just world is often missing from the American discourse. That legacy was tested after Hamas militants massacred 1,400 people in…