Editorials

by Keith McGee America is struggling to describe what it is living through in President Donald Trump’s second term. The language we keep reaching for — “authoritarian,” “strongman,” “dictator” — doesn’t quite fit. Those words […]

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Ben Jealous, Julian Bond at the Door of No Return in Senegal, 2010. by Ben Jealous One of the great strengths of our movement is that our leaders do more than inspire […]

by Frederick Joseph The first text I saw this morning, the one that told me Jesse Jackson had died, came from my mother. There was no paragraph. No reflection. No explanation. Just a photograph of […]

As we enter the first weekend of Black History Month, after a long week of fighting memes and policies, we want to encourage you to take a moment. Take a deep breath, then stand up […]

By Dr, Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association American democracy is under siege across the board in different industries. Diversity is good for business and diversity is good for American […]

Dr. Chanda Nicole Holsey | “Is it canon for people of color to be called the N-word?” That was the question my 12-year-old daughter asked me recently. I didn’t know what canon meant so I […]

We are repeatedly told that inflation is down, the economy is improving, and that relief is on the way. By the numbers, that is partly true. Inflation has cooled from its recent peak. Wages have […]

By Bobby Henry, Sr. | There comes a time when we must speak plainly, especially when the winds of accusation begin to blow unevenly across our political landscape. Today, I stand in support of confronting […]