January 6, 2022
Cover Story
Editorial Board
For the past several months, you've had pundits wringing their hands and whining that democracy might be destroyed. For some Americans, it was always broken.
A year ago, on January 6, 2021, a mob of crazed insurrectionists descended on the United States Capitol. Armed, angry and bent on destruction, their goal…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Trumpism, which started out as a simple-minded rejection of the liberal status quo, has become something else: a thorough rejection of democratic procedures and a darkly conspiratorial hatred of federal power.
This critical moment takes place before a civil war breaks out or an official ceremony of dissolution is held. At some point, the citizens of the…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
We must be victors, not statistics.
We’re going into a new year with an old acquaintance. It’s unwanted, uninvited and undeterred. COVID-19 has guaranteed us another rough year. In some ways, 2020…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Archbishop Tutu had a giant spirit, a man of God who spoke truth to power and showed us the way to stand up for the human dignity of all people. It is the path few travel because it is not a place of comfort and safety.
In a season when we have lost so many Black leaders, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has left us in body at age 90 but remains with us…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Few have changed and challenged feminism like bell hooks.
Notable African Americans died in 2021. Each one left an indelible mark on American society. One who touched me personally was bell hooks. bell hooks died…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
She possessed razor sharp intellect, boundless passion and formidable intellectual acumen.
“I think we can’t overstate her influence.” That’s a statement from Imani Perry, distinguished professor of Black Studies at Princeton University, who deftly and accurately summed…
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Commentary
Columnist
In the current economy, the general public has not made monopoly a major issue, even though it has cost the average citizen much of a household's income and monopoly has hit lower-income families particularly hard.
Early in the last century, steps were taken to ensure that a few companies did not control the bulk of any industry's production or any other…
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