The slander against Black fathers is as old as the country. The men who owned us knew better. So does modern social science. By Ben Jealous — Last week I…
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Three weeks before he died, Dr. King stood up and argued with a number. The July jobs report says he was right. By Ben Jealous — Three weeks before he…
Frederick Douglass asked the question in 1853. Maryland is starting to answer it. By Ben Jealous — In 1836, four white apprentices beat Frederick Douglass nearly blind in a Baltimore…
When we forget the first fights over voting rights, we forget who profits when the many are divided. By Ben Jealous — Voting rights is back in the news because…
America turns 250 this week. We should be proud. We should also be honest. By Ben Jealous — Every year, we remember Paul Revere’s ride. As we should. We should…
Neighbors of all colors gathered on sacred and stained ground, called each other cousin, and reminded a nation that freedom belongs to everyone. By Ben Jealous — On Juneteenth, I…
By Ben Jealous — The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things he got right. I was 14 the first…
The ground at the Hermitage is sacred and stained, and the music made by enslaved people and their progeny is what still feeds this country’s hope. By Ben Jealous — …
By Ben Jealous — My grandmother was born in 1916 on the same red Virginia ground where her grandfather was born enslaved. She lived to one hundred and five. She…
By Ben Jealous — The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things he got right. I was 14 the first…
By Ben Jealous — America’s student debt system is failing millions of people. About 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion. More than 5 million have already gone more…
By Ben Jealous — The subminimum wage for tipped workers is a legacy of slavery. After the Civil War, many employers in hospitality and rail service hired newly freed Black…
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