Editorials

By Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) As I write this, I am preparing to travel with my colleagues to Nigeria, where I will have the honor of meeting some of the Chibok girls who were […]

By Charlene Crowell As millions of students return to school, the nation’s Justice Department (DOJ) is beginning an investigation that could potentially sue universities over affirmative action admissions policies. As first reported by the New York Times, […]

By Julianne Malveaux Cheers to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, one of the first mayors to take Confederate statues down and to make the strong point that these statues represent nothing but oppression. You should […]

by Reggie Fullwood In a Black History speech in 2009 at a Department of Justice program, the nation’s first black attorney general said that America is “a nation of cowards.” Sure it may sound bad […]

THIS 1992 PHOTO captured a preschooler dressed by his parents in despicable KKK garb. (Photo by Todd Robertson, Southern Poverty Law Center) By Vernon A. Williams, Gary Crusader Whenever adults behave badly, what effect does […]

By Julianne Malveaux Will another HBCU “bite the dust?” Truly, it depends on us. Pennsylvania’s Cheyney University, the oldest HBCU in the nation (founded in 1837) has been on probation since November 2015. If the […]

Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford So far, the Obama Legacy is surprisingly lacking in Black participation. During his two presidential administrations, Black business participation was on a continuous downward slide. At the end […]

by Reggie Fullwood First, all Americans have the right to march or protest peacefully based on our U.S. Constitution. But the joint KKK and white supremacy groups that marched in Virginia last weekend represented the […]

by Jesse Jackson Campaigning for the presidency, Donald Trump argued that blacks and other people of color should vote for him. Given their current conditions,  he argued, “What the hell do you have to lose?” […]