Editorials

by Kyra Kyles There was a time, not too long ago in America, when the measure of Black life was at the complete and utter whim of a White person’s desires. In addition to law […]

by Jesse Jackson As teams gear up for the NFL season, President Trump is reviving his destructive and diversionary attacks aimed at turning fans against players. The league office stepped in it by unilaterally declaring […]

by J. Boney By Jeffrey L. Boney Without being given much direction, Black youth have seemingly taken matters into their own hands, relative to their future here in America, by strategizing, organizing and mobilizing. Whether […]

by Earl Ofari Hutchinson They aren’t waiting for the official start of the presidential silly season to start dropping open and veiled hints, teases, and innuendos that they will challenge Donald Trump in 2020. The […]

by Julianne Malveaux Senate Republicans hope to get Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, confirmed before October 1, when they reconvene. Senate Democrats hope to hold on to any vote until after […]

by Reggie Fullwood Living while black in America should be getting easier for African Americans. Hell, we elected a Black President, we are running major corporations and some of us have become billionaires. So life […]

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux I’ve never met Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year old New York activist, but I am surely looking forward to it. This giant-slayer of an organizer (she worked for Senator Bernie Sanders during the […]

“The facts set forth before the Court portray reactive governance — responses to address a chaotic circumstance of the Government’s own making. They belie measured and ordered governance, which is central to the concept of […]

by Reggie Fullwood Happy Birthday America. Approximately, 242 years ago our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Many of the forefathers would be extremely proud of their “baby,” but most certainly embarrassed by its current […]

By Vernon A. Williams In a poignant harbinger of what was to come within days, Joe Jackson sent a cryptic message in a tweet. It read simply, “I have seen more sunsets than I have […]