Editorials

By Ben Jealous – It is going to be a hard Christmas for many Americans. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is soaring. The virus is spreading faster than ever. Families and small-business owners […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association – Much of the public outrage has been directed at the officials who have been unable to prevent the […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — David L. Horne, PH.D., Our Weekly News – The Supreme Court can only render decisions in cases brought before the federal court, and the last such case was Chiafolo v. Washington (2020) […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE – By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. (President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association) — The Biden-Harris Transition Team should not be forced to exclude talented people of color because they have chosen […]

By Emily Cardenas – As I watch cable news in the throes of the holiday season, “bah humbug” comes to mind. As if the coronavirus surge wasn’t enough – eliminating every possibility of spending time […]

BY THE SACRAMENTO BEE EDITORIAL BOARD DECEMBER 04, 2020 – Nearly 2,000 Americans have served as United States Senators. As of today, 1,928 of them have been men. Only 57 of them have been women. This […]

By Dallas Weekly Staff – America has a long legacy of inflicting medical malpractice on marginalized groups. African slaves were sought to clear the swamps of the Carolinas because of the malaria risk. Black slave […]

By WI Web Staff – “Because of the racial inequities we have built into our essential systems, they have become combustion engines of misery. The virus flows freely in high-risk areas like holding cells, police […]

By Vernon A. Williams Two questions loom in conversations throughout America. The first is how did we get here? The second is, where do we go from here? Even as we celebrate the reluctant exit […]

Shown is Vice President-elect Kamala Harris; former Atlanta First Lady Valerie Richardson Jackson; democratic activist Stacey Abrams by Chuck Richardson There is something magical about a fearless, intelligent, incorruptible black woman. A woman willing to […]