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…
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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…
The March on Washington shows how artists, through solidarity and courageous love, helped bring the last one to an end. By Ben Jealous — Everywhere I go lately, people whisper…
By Ben Jealous — A Midwestern schoolteacher once told her class that a sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. “Look around the classroom,” she said. “The smartest kids…
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 — On the Fourth of July, Donald Trump signed his “megabill.” The law boosts the dying fossil fuel industry with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. It…
By Ben Jealous — None of us should be silent about the recent use of federal agents by this administration to bully, arrest, and investigate political opponents. Just as none…
By Ben Jealous — Where I grew up in California, on quiet mornings, you could hear the birds before anything else – finches, warblers, sparrows. They made the dawn feel…
By Ben Jealous — When the storms come harder and the heat comes earlier, it does not matter who you voted for. You still have to rebuild your home. You…
By Ben Jealous — Dorothy Gibbs chanted “save our parks” from her wheelchair while holding a sign that read “97 years old, still fighting for public lands!” She was among…
By Ben Jealous — As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house. Under Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed its own…
By Ben Jealous — My grandfather’s first cousin was Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh. Cousin Howard was part of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen….
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