Independent Progressive Commentary
Weekly commentary on the issues shaping African Americans and the African World — the economy, the law, organizing, and the long movement for peace. Free for everyone to read.
Issue No. 1102 · November 12, 2026
Commentary
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park More
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park More
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Color of Law
Executive Editor and Peter Gamble, BC Publisher
White Americans often may not feel as if they have to worry about talking to their children about such matters. Parents of color, however, don’t have that luxury.
I just read a pilot study that CNN released on the racial attitudes of children. And nearly 60 years after the watershed Brown v. Board of…
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Commentary
Through them all, we find ourselves circling back, pondering the same questions and harboring the same emotions.
Another school year, another mass shooting. As of this column, there have been 326 mass shootings in 2026. The latest mass murderer/murdered suspect was a 16-year-old…
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Commentary
Columnist
Those of us who abhor the objectives of Project 2025 must examine the organization behind them, because outrage at the results will not substitute for preparation of our own.
A candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C., is promising to take on the rats. Janeese Lewis George proposes appointing a rat czar, and while I would…
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