
By Ben Jealous — I started out this year, 2025, in Chicago, honored to give the Martin Luther King Day address at Reverend Jesse Jackson’s big gathering. The timing was…
By Ben Jealous — I started out this year, 2025, in Chicago, honored to give the Martin Luther King Day address at Reverend Jesse Jackson’s big gathering. The timing was…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The arrival of September 7th easily brings to mind and memory for Us the 60th anniversary of the Organization Us, a major organization in the…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Members of Congress have slithered their way back to Washington, many Democrats continuing to silently cower in the face of injustice, many Republicans kissing the…
In a recent Newsweek opinion column, Kevin Powell draws on personal experience and cultural history to argue that America must tell the full truth about slavery if it hopes to…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The French philosopher Albert reportedly said, “Without work all life is rotten but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies. Now, historians are suggesting…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — White supremacy, not the Constitution, is now the law of the land, courtesy of Donald Trump. It is no mean exaggeration to brand him America’s…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The living and live-streamed tragedy titled “Trump in Ignorance, Anger and Revenge” continues to play itself out on the national and international stage, causing the…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The month of August is rightly commemorated and celebrated as a special time of uplifting, understanding and honoring our history and continuing practice of resistance….
On the anniversary of Thomas Sankara coming to power in Burkina Faso, Jonis Ghedi Alasow reflects on how his legacy lives on in new Sahelian revolutions today. By Jonis Ghedi-Alasow,…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The July 2025 unemployment report, released on August 1st, did not meet expectations. Instead of addressing the deficiencies by his own misguided policies, the President…
It’s not about freedom. It’s about revenge, retribution, and red hats. By Desi Cortez, Black Commentator — Fascism has finally made its grand entrance into America – stomping in with jackboots…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Remembering and reflecting on the awesome and enduring legacy of Nana Frantz Fanon, I want to reshare these thoughts, especially in the context of our…