May 19, 2022
Cover Story
Editorial Board
This massacre provides President Biden with an opportunity to embrace Ethnic Studies and encourage it as an antidote to hate.
President Joe Biden was uncharacteristically, but appropriately, angry and firm when he described white supremacy as “poison.” He spoke from Buffalo days after a putrid young…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Harvard faculty, staff and leaders owned at least 70 people between the school’s founding in 1636 and 1783, when slavery was abolished in Massachusetts.
Universities profited from slavery and played a role in the enslavement of Black people. And it is time that they acknowledge this legacy and make amends…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
When average global temperatures hit the tipping point of 1.5 degrees Celsius, climate scientists predict that most of the Earth’s coral reefs will die off. At 2 degrees Celsius, all will die off.
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations. The World Meteorological…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
In real life, the fog of war or the fog of disease or the fog of recession descends upon the populace. There are countless casualties. And in the end, no one is declared a winner.
Imagine an Olympic final in basketball, not unlike the one last summer between the United States and France. The score is tied in the final minutes,…
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The African World
Editorial Board
May 19th is an important day on which we should remember the invaluable contributions of Malcolm X. It is also a day to emphasize that emulating Malcolm X goes beyond appearance, oratory or militancy: it is about building a lasting struggle for liberation and justice, and creating the organizational vehicles through which we can pursue that course.
Regardless of one's analysis of the Nation of Islam - then or now - the reality is that it provided a stepping stone for numerous black…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Over the last two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has killed millions of people across the globe. A general nuclear war could kill billions of people in a matter of days.
Thirty years ago, I co-taught a course on the making and use of the atomic bomb at the U.S. Air Force Academy. We took cadets to…
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