November 11, 2021
Color of Law
Executive Editor
this is not the first time, nor is it a rare moment when the judiciary stood against democracy and civil rights.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a sweeping new abortion law in Texas on Monday. The law, which went into effect in September, bans…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Proudly proclaiming that G20 nations “account for more than 80 percent of world GDP” and “75 percent of global trade,” the club sets the rules of global finance.
Heads of state from the world’s wealthiest nations gathered for the first time in person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic at the recent G20…
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Commentary
Columnist
critics see it as a land grab that is potentially bigger than the land grabs of the imperial powers during the colonial period. Today, governments may not be allowed to take over land and water from private hands, but that doesn’t mean that private companies would not be allowed to accomplish that.
It long has been the goal of transnational corporations to gather up as much money and power to themselves, to the extent that there would be…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
The so-called progressives excited about Biden gains need to ask themselves why Black folks remain sidelined and why the racial economic gap is acceptable.
Despite rising inflation and legislative drama, some economists are touting the latest jobs numbers as a cause for celebration. And there is good news in the…
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Commentary
Columnist
The Republican strategy is to double-down on critical race theory (CRT) which was the point of their educational spear in the Virginia and New Jersey elections. They plan to buttress, if not upstage CRT, with legislation and advocacy to promote corporate-owned charter schools, school vouchers, homeschooling, school savings accounts, and the increased funding of religious schools.
Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker, is perhaps the most consequential House Leader of all time. She patiently climbed the leadership ladder, overcoming misogyny, and developed…
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The African World
Editorial Board
When someone affects your life so deeply that you not only must remember them, there are special moments when you need to remind others of the immense value that person held, not only for you but for so many others.
November 7, 2001, started as a beautiful autumn day. As was normal, I put in a morning call to my good friend, Nadra Floyd, who resided…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
By far the worst move Black America has made since 1619 is handing over, relinquishing, abdicating, surrendering ...call it what you want - the responsibility of enlightening our children to a system set-up and designed-by and for White folks
I don’t know any other way to say it but... Black Students nationwide are falling further and further behind their fellow White students. Granted before the…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Their bigoted views were largely confined to white supremacist newsletters and magazines, obscure far-right radio programs and the darkest, racially sordid corners of the web. were largely confined to white supremacist newsletters and magazines, obscure far right radio programs and the darkest, racially sordid corners of the web.
He said the quiet part out loud is a phrase commonly used in the Black community when referring to whites and others who reveal their innermost…
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