By Ben Jealous — Months after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, no one has been charged. He was 25….
By Ben Jealous — Months after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, no one has been charged. He was 25….
In the Windy City, Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells spotlighted what Washington wanted forgotten. By Ben Jealous — This month we mark Columbus Day. The first one was a…
Jerry Greenfield quit a year ago this week, saying the company had been silenced. Now he and Ben are asking for our help. By Ben Jealous — For almost as…
Working-class men of every color have been in crisis for generations. The way out is to come together, for the sake of all our kids. By Ben Jealous — I…
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…
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 — …