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…
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…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — We don’t hate America. We built America. Brick by brick, cotton bale by cotton bale, invention by invention, we shaped this nation while it denied…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — By any meaningful measurement and reflective understanding, we are living in difficult, dangerous and demanding times, and we are compelled to bring forth the best…
Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels It appears that the bloody, genocidal collective punishment and war against Palestinian human beings in Gaza is finally coming to…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The federal government shut down on October 1, and the impasse between Congressional Democrats and Republicans suggest that this may be a long one. Already,…
The Revolution promised freedom. Reconstruction promised equality. Neither fight is finished. By Ben Jealous — In my house, two legacies face each other. On one wall hangs a reproduction of…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a sankofa remembrance, retrieval and reflection on one of the most important freedom fighters in the history of the struggles for African and…
How the death of Charlie Kirk exposed so much more. A View From the Battlefield by Jamala Rogers — The murder of MAGA-mentored youth icon Charlie Kirk intensified the country’s…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The United States economy is cruising for a bruising. Inflation keeps ticking up thanks to, among other things, rising inflation. The job market is not…