Commentary
Columnist
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix did not create our $40 trillion debt, but it illustrates the hypocrisy of people who preach austerity while spending public money on spectacle.
The national debt has passed $40 trillion - that is $40,000,000,000,000, a number with more zeroes than most of us can comfortably count. The Congressional Budget…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor and Peter Gamble, BC Publisher
In African spirituality, and many indigenous cultures, the ancestors are among us and connected to us, part of the living and spiritual realms.
We live in a time, not unlike the entire history of this country, where the lives of Black people are undervalued, discounted, disregarded and ended through…
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Commentary
Holding individuals accountable for irresponsible rhetoric cannot solely be a partisan endeavor.
Laura Loomer, the far right-wing Maga provocateur, Trump confidante, and internet personality, has never worked in the White House or in any government position, but that…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
In the current racist political climate and with MAGA at the helm, Black folks seem to be one legislative stroke away from being full-fledged citizens.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is hemorrhaging. First, the knife to its gut with the Shelby County v. Holder ruling in 2013. Then came the…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
It’s more specific: Black public figures who use their personal success as bleach for institutional racism - men who walk through doors kicked open by Black struggle and then help White power install new locks behind them.
The once-vitriolic vulgarity, “nigger”, has been unintentionally transformed into something almost ridiculous - not because its bloody history has disappeared, but because America has wrapped the…
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Commentary
Columnist
An inaccurate count can mean crowded classrooms, burdened clinics and inadequate transportation. Governments cannot plan intelligently for people who disappear from the data.
The Constitution begins with three powerful words: “We the People.” History immediately asks: Which people? When those words were written, “we” did not include enslaved people,…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor and Peter Gamble, BC Publisher
If Black leaders are not improving the material conditions of their people, they are worthless. Vibes are not enough and will not put food on the table.
Rula Jebreal is an Afro-Palestinian woman whose people have been in the middle of a genocide these past three years. She recently became embroiled in controversy…
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Commentary
Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that [Clancy] knew exactly what she was doing and planned.
Michael Desronvil, the lone Black juror who prohibited 11 other jurors from absolving Clancy of criminal responsibility, spoke for himself on September 18. The 48-year-old juror…
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