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Fred Logan: Asante Sana Michelle Robinson-Obama, Thank You!

by Fred Logan                                           ...

J. Pharoah Doss: The new breed of MLK detractors, Part 1

Throughout his life, civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had more detractors than allies. MLK became a global hero after his assassination...

Educator Launches National Association for Black Microschool Leaders

Photo Credit: Getty Images Microschooling has emerged as a transformative educational model, particularly for Black students in the United States.  According to a recent news report,...

Inside Conditions: No Respect for Young, Black Athletes

Houston Texans Quarterback C.J. Stroud. By Aubrey Bruce Black players that reflect ‘urban’ images will never be treated equally on and off the field Last week my...

Trump’s Actions on DEI Are an Attack on Black America

Public Domain photo. By Keith Boykin This article was originally published on Word In Black. “Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black,  examines the...

Ben Jealous: President Trump Will Raise Your Energy Bills

LNG storage tanks under construction (Photo Credit: Roy Luck/Flickr).  Ratepayers beware. Team Trump’s eagerness to enrich his fossil fuel industry cronies with his “drill baby...

J. Pharoah Doss: Confusing DEI with actual diversity

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was established in 1965 to eliminate job discrimination.  Guaranteeing equal opportunity for historically discriminated-against groups became the nation’s top...

COLUMN: Why We Need DEI to Combat the “Good Ol’ Boy” Network

By James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D.  The confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, former Fox News host and President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, have begun....

Ben Jealous: Trump’s Team is Coming for Climate Science.The Timing Couldn’t Be Worse.

Donald Trump (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons) By Ben Jealous It is official: 2024 was the hottest year on record.  Temperatures not only surpassed 2023 as...

COLUMN: A Final Act of Grace: Biden’s Opportunity to Redefine Pardons

President Joe Biden (left) with his son, Hunter Biden (right), whom he pardoned in December (Photo Credit: AP under a CC BY 4.0 license). The...
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