June 25, 2026
Cover Story
Staffer
Seek good advice and set a good example for other young men and women and the US as a whole.
The joy, of course, was for the unbounded joy of every minute of the day. The speeches were uplifting. Views of the Center showcased amazing architecture,…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
Our ancestors gifted us with the concept of Sankofa, which translates to "go back and get it." This means that we must examine the past to inform, build, and guide our future.
Coming out of jubilant Juneteenth celebrations, most Black people in the U.S. are feeling far less celebratory towards the 4th of July in 2026. We have…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
In a nation in denial over systemic racism, freedom is elusive for the descendants of the enslaved.
On this Fourth of July, a day of independence for some but not for Black people, there is no better time to reflect on Frederick Douglass’…
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Commentary
Guest Commentator
Clearly, therefore, this was an act of sadistic violence.
Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old child from Mississippi, is dead because of a dispute about diapers. Let that sink in for a moment. Again, a child who…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
America's oldest fear remains unchanged: not crime, not chaos, not corruption, but equality arriving at the front door without asking permission.
I devoured Iceberg Slim’s slightly iconic “Trick Baby” paperback when I was in, check this, junior high school. Not “middle school,” that soft little rebranding project…
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