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For too long, we have looked in the wrong place and race for the genesis of our national story. By David Levering Lewis Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, educator, writer and…

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Washington Post Ernest Hemingway once said that courage was “grace under pressure.” Two presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, have recently tested this proposition….

School has begun, or is set to open, in public school districts across the country. As happens every school year, children will trek off to school with their backpacks loaded…

By Rick Najera The presidential elections have steamed into our American landscape like the iron train did into the old west. Great for the white man, bad for the Indians. And…

Note: The speech below was one of the final speeches of the late civil rights leader Julian Bond when he spoke at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on May 2, 2015,…

By Rebecca Hiscott Recent research suggests that poverty may have a profound effect on the brain. Imaging studies show that the conditions that go hand-in-hand with poverty — a combination…

By Kia Gregory On Wednesday, Ben Carson came to Sylvia’s soul food restaurant, an iconic eatery in iconic Harlem, located along Lenox Avenue near 127th Street. The restaurant is a…

By Kristina Kay Robinson This anniversary is a crossroads, a time to decide what to run toward and what to cast aside for a lighter burden. Ten years ago, I…