May 21, 2026
Cover Story
Editorial Board
The ongoing weakening of the Department of Education sends a chilling message about national priorities.
Seventy-one years ago, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. For generations of…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
When African-Americans begin to view their plight with a human rights lens, they are able to link their predicament with that of people of African descent in Latin America, Europe and throughout the diaspora.
May 19 marks the 101st birthday of Malcolm X, the man who articulated a message of racial justice that made him far ahead of his time.…
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Commentary
Guest Commentator
The sadistic practice has a long and ugly history. Its cruel, rapacious, and vile legacy is nothing to joke about.
Many people have reacted to “the recent roast of Kevin Hart” - and not exactly positively. The raucous event publicly released on May 10 included acerbic…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
MDS-666 patients become dog tired, drained by the ritual theater of performative America-love: the giant flags, the bald eagles, the truck decals, the AR-15 Christmas cards, and the "freedom" speeches from people who want to ban books, movies, shows, entertainers, and comedians.
I’m writing about MAGA Derangement Syndrome Simplex 666 because apparently, Trump shouldn’t get to have all the imaginary illnesses named after him. If MAGA can diagnose…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
From campaign dominance to policy control, the concentrtion of wealth among billionaires is transforming participatory democracy into a system of elite rule.
Wealth holders experience outcomes abstractly This is not about personal virtue. It is about structure. When your income is derived from your labor, you are usually…
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