Editorials

The new calendar year has officially kicked off, but it is hard to feel like it’s a fresh start with so many lingering issues from 2018. One of the most prominent challenges facing America is […]

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux The 116th Congress, sworn in on January 3, is the most diverse our nation has ever seen. There are more women – 102 – than ever before. More members of the […]

by Dr. E. Faye Williams It’s not unusual to have a person who is scary, but scary and scared in the same person is unusual. Even while #45 was campaigning for President, we understood he was […]

by Reggie Fullwood Annually, I do a “Year that was” type of article that looks back at all of the major events that shaped the year. While that is always fun – this year I […]

  “For too long, sentencing in our country has been overly severe and has disproportionately targeted communities of color – especially Black men. Reforming some of the most draconian federal sentencing laws, including unfair mandatory […]

by Dr. Jesse Jackson “Yes, if we don’t get what we want, one way or the other … I will shut down the government,” said President Trump to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House […]

“For too long, sentencing in our country has been overly severe and has disproportionately targeted communities of color – especially Black men. Reforming some of the most draconian federal sentencing laws, including unfair mandatory minimum sentences […]

by Julianne Malveaux McKenzie Adams wanted to be a scientist. The gregarious 9-year-old Alabama girl was just that, a girl, a little girl, a brown-skinned baby girl with braids or, in one picture, just a […]

By Rev. Jesse Jackson In 2019, we will commemorate 400 years since the first 20 slaves were transported from Africa and landed in Jamestown, Va. Now four centuries later, race remains a central dividing line. […]