December 3rd, 2024
J. Pharoah Doss: Does Biden’s Native American boarding school apology make a difference?
First- and second-grade students sit in a classroom at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Genoa, Neb. Researchers are now trying to locate the bodies of more than 80 Native American children buried near the school. National Archives/AP Few US presidents have formally apologized to Americans for the “sins” of previous administrations. In 1976, President … Continued
December 2nd, 2024
Why Trump’s HUD Pick Is a Red Flag for Housing Advocates
Photo Credit: Metro Centric – Queensbridge Houses, CC BY 2.0 By Jennifer Porter Gore This article was originally published on Word In Black. Over the weekend, President-elect Trump announced his nomination of Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Turner, a former NFL player and Texas legislator, would be the first … Continued
November 29th, 2024
Trump’s next HUD secretary would have a lot to do to address the history of racist housing policy – and Trump’s own comments and history suggest that’s unlikely
Civil rights marchers protest housing discrimination in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1966. AP Photo by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While not much is known about Turner’s positions as he awaits confirmation by the Senate, Trump’s … Continued
November 25th, 2024
J. Pharoah Doss: With an intelligentsia like this who needs idiots?
Several Black political commentators consider themselves the “talented tenth.” W.E.B. Dubois coined the term “talented tenth” at the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1865 and 1900, the majority of Black Americans received industrial education. Dubois believed that 10 percent of the most outstanding Black Americans should pursue higher education and that “talented tenth” would … Continued
November 24th, 2024
What Trump’s Education Pick Will Mean for Black Students
Linda McMahon, who led the pro-Trump group America First Action and chairs the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank, is the President-Elect’s pick to lead the Dept. of Education (AP pic courtesy of Malaysia Today under Creative Commons license 4.0). By Quintessa Williams In yet another controversial pick for his second-term cabinet, President-elect … Continued
Bishop William J. Barber II Shares His Thoughts About What He'd Like to See at The 2024 DNC
