By Ted Glick — April 30 is a day I remember because it is my mom’s birthday. She died in 2005. But it’s also a day I remember because, on…
By Ben Jealous — In Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago, Dulce Ortiz is celebrating with her children. Ortiz is a cofounder of the local environmental justice organization…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Again, the celebration of Earth Day this month gives us space and time to focus on our awesome responsibility for the natural world and all…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels A determined new multiracial, multireligious generation of college and university students, including a substantial number of Jewish students have launched…
By Thom Hartmann — The most amazing thing about Donald Trump’s current criminal trial is that it is happening at all. He has told us that if he becomes president…
By Jim Clingman — In March of 2018, after 25 years of doing so, I submitted my final Blackonomics column to the members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The…
Most people think of “tree hugger” as a casual insult for a certain kind of environmentalist. The term actually has a proud history. It is time to take it back….
By Herb Boyd — First I heard the drumming, then the chants of “Viva, Viva Palestina!” from a long line of protesters marching down 146th Street on Saturday right under…
By Julianne Malveaux — Let me begin with the obligatory statements. What happened on October 7, 2023, was horrible. Hamas launched an attack on Israel that some describe as “unprovoked.”…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this month of remembering, reading and raising up the work and life of August Wilson (April 27, 1945-October 2, 2005), arguably the most successful…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we witness and work and struggle to end the Israeli genocidal war against the Palestinian people, the century-old brutal intervention and occupation of Haiti,…
By Richard D. Wolff — By “class system” we mean the basic workplace organizations—the human relationships or “social relations”—that accomplish the production and distribution of goods and services. Some examples…