opinion

TILGHMAN: Funding Education Is Not Optional

JEALOUS: America at 250: It’s Time to Bring the Ballot Home

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: The Struggle of Small Businesses Amid Government Shutdowns

MARSHALL: Will Epstein Be on the 2026 Midterm Ballot?

WILLIAMS: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

TOWNS: Hochul Can Lead the Nation in Gene Therapy Access for Our Children

MORIAL: The Urban League Empowerment Center — Development With a Mission

MCKINNIE: How Racial Gerrymandering is Hollowing Out the Black Electorate

BASKERVILLE: Why 340B Matters to HBCU and PBI Students’ Health and Futures

JEALOUS: Good News in Gary and Pittsburgh — But Still America Declines

MORRISSETTE: Investing in Entrepreneurship After the Government Shutdown 

KING: Government Shutdowns Prove We Need Skilled Trades

GILBERT: The Bottle Bill Sounds Good, But It Hurts the People Who Can Least Afford It

MUSSO: One Year Later, Crash Victims Still Wait for Common-Sense Reform

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: The D.C. Curfew is an Ill-Fated Band-Aid, Not a Solution

HARRIS/McDANIEL: How Democrats Can Win the Shutdown Messaging War

WILLIAMS: Silence is Fatal if We Let It Be

MORIAL: Tell Congress to Support Families Who Depend on SNAP and WIC

MARSHALL: Generation Z is the Battleground

JEALOUS: What 400 Years of Family History Teaches About This American Moment

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD/MORRISSETTE: The Hollowing Out of America’s Only Agency for Minority Business

FIELDS: We Need to Talk About Domestic Violence

KING: The Power and Necessity of Future-Proofing Career Paths

MORIAL: Louisiana v. Callais Could Gut the Voting Rights Act

JEALOUS: Why Family Values Require Family Wages

JEALOUS: We’ve Crossed the First Climate Tipping Point. America Will Pay the Price.

CHAVIS: Shared Legacies Between Blacks and Jews

MORIAL: End the Shutdown — A Call for Leadership, Accountability and Justice

CARLBERG/MUTURI: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

DAVIS/TILGHMAN: Different Children, Same Mission — Supporting Every Child With Autism

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: When Black Women Exit the Workforce, America Pays the Price — D.C. Must Lead the Way Back

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD/MORRISSETTE: A Cruel and Short-Sighted Attack on Community Investment

MARSHALL: Silence is Betrayal

MORIAL: Police Failed Kyren Lacy. We Need Reform Now

WILLIAMS: Without Knowledge of Community

JEALOUS: Hypocrisy in Holy Robes

REYNOLDS: 60 Years Later, We’re Still Fighting for the Soul of Our Democracy

WILLIAMS: The Horrifying ‘War Within’

JEALOUS: Freedom and Equality — Two Unfinished Revolutions

NALLEY/LANGFORD: Black Student Parents Can Thrive with Access to This Critical Federal Program  

DAWKINS: African Immigrants — Here By Choice, Not Chains

MALVEAUX: Who Gains When the Economy Implodes?

MORIAL: Shutdown Could End Today With Health Care Access Commitment

TOWNS: Don’t Let Pharmacy Deserts Swallow Our Communities

JEALOUS: When Presidents Can’t Take a Joke, Democracy Suffers

HARRIS/McDANIEL: Why Democrats Need a Year-Round Voter Engagement Strategy

MORIAL: When Housing Rights Fall, Equality Slips Away

WILLLIAMS: America Rejects Trump’s Crown

OWOLEWA: 314 Million Reasons Why More Police Can’t Be the Only Answer

MARSHALL: James Comey is Not ‘the Enemy from Within’

REYNOLDS: When Minor Voices Become Major Warnings

MARSHALL: Reframing the Truth as a Political Strategy

MORIAL: Fox’s Selective Outrage — Violence OK, Criticism Isn’t

MALVEAUX: The Corrosive Ideology of Donald John Trump

JEALOUS: What the Readjusters Teach Us About Healing Our Divided Country

MORIAL: Gun Violence Fuels Anxiety, Threatens Democracy

BROWN: The Black Press Offers Two Centuries of Truth — But Who Will Save It?

HAGLER: Violent Speech Leads to Violence

JEALOUS: Chicago’s Streets Still Moving to America’s Historic Rhythms

LEON: Charlie Kirk’s Racist/Xenophobic Rants Are Not Protected Speech

MARSHALL: Bias Embedded in Algorithms

MORIAL: Louisiana’s Attack on Voting Rights Deepens Civil Rights Crisis

TILGHMAN: The Youth Voice Shouldn’t Be Optional — It Should Be Mandatory

MALVEAUX: Welcome Back, Cowards

BOLDEN: Trump Should Let African American Museum Tell the Truth About Slavery

PARKER/ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: Black Wealth Infrastructure as a Safety Net

MARSHALL: The Constitution is Not Partisan

MALVEAUX: Black Women — The Invisible Warriors of Labor

WILLIAMS: Black Women Under Siege

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Child Watch Coda

COOPER: The Supreme Court Just Weakened Science

LANG: Celebrating Our Health Care Workforce After Labor Day is a Health Justice Imperative

BRENSON: It’s Not Just Who’s Elected — It’s Who They Hire

WILLIAMS: My Humble Advice for Dealing with Trump’s Threats

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: Defending Federal Reserve Independence and Black Leadership in the Face of Renewed Attacks

BOLDEN: Trump Wrong to Federalize Policing in Washington, D.C.

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: ‘The America That Is Yet to Come’

MARSHALL: Making It Harder to Help Families Back Home

TURLEY: The Quiet Tsunami — AI’s Unseen Impact on Our Most Vulnerable Communities

LEON: Your Vote Matters, But Voting Is Not Enough

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Holding a Vision

WILLIAMS: King Trump’s Takeover!

MARSHALL: The Dark Side of White America

MORIAL: Federal Overreach Seeks to Undermine the Success of America’s Black Mayors

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: Income Equality, Not More Police, Will End Crime in D.C.

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: Dear Trump — Build Public Safety Through Community Investment, Not Police Militarization

MALVEAUX: Trump Tantrum Overshadows Black Women’s Losses

HARRIS/McDANIEL: How Democrats Can Use August Recess to Save Their Brand

MORIAL: Jasmine Crockett Is the Voice of a New Generation, and She Is Ready for the Moment

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Solemn Anniversary

ISAAC: The DMV’s Most Vulnerable Need the 340B Program Now More Than Ever

MARSHALL: Trump Country at Risk

LEON: Palestinians Are Not Starving in Gaza. They Are Being Starved!

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: The Best of What Education Can Be

MALVEAUX: Fraud, Waste and Abuse

MARSHALL: The ‘Equity in Government Act’

WILLIAMS: Silence is Complicity!

MORIAL: Black, Latino Buying Power Forces DEI Reckoning

HARRIS/McDANIEL: Democratic Mayors Can Show Party How to Win Working-Class Voters Again

HALL: Confusing God With Government

BAXTER: Bring the Commanders Home — But Not at the Cost of Our Community

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: ‘Strong Schools, Brighter Futures!’

OWOLEWA/IRAHETA: Let’s Stop Ruining Our Planet for Sports Stadiums

FAUNTROY: Trump Attacks Diversity, Excellence and Black Leadership at George Mason University

LANE: Is a Good RFK Deal for the Commanders a Good Deal for the City? Yes. A Good Deal for Ward 7? We’ll See.

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Being Loving Champions for Justice

WILLIAMS: Running for the Money

JEALOUS: Rising Waters Will Not Drown the American Spirit

MARSHALL: Bishop William Barber’s Moral Message

OWOLEWA/NEAL: Keys to Saving Working Class Healthcare in D.C.’s Black Communities

No More Gaps: Why Prince George’s County Must Transform Special Education

OWOLEWA/NEAL: Commanders Can Come Home But D.C.’s Economy Needs More Than Football

WILLIAMS: Big Ugly Republican Budget Bill

TILGHMAN: Why Black Fathers Like Me Must Speak Up About Autism

MALVEAUX: The Big Ugly Boondogle Cripples Our Future

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Rejecting the Menace of Violence

MORIAL: The Big Ugly Bill Would Deny Ordinary Americans the Right to Seek Justice Through the Courts

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Following the Facts on Child Well-Being

JEALOUS: In Iowa, a Pipeline Fight Shows What the People Can Do

MARSHALL: The Ouster of U.Va.’s President Attacks Academic Freedom

WILLIAMS: Marilyn Mosby — A True Shero

Tobacco Industry Accountability Is Ending — But the Harm Isn’t

FAUNTROY: The Dangerously Inverted Logic Driving Trumponomics

WILLIAMS: Tell Trump, ‘War is Hell’

MARSHALL: Peaceful Protest is Patriotic

JEALOUS: American Democracy Is at a Pivotal Moment and None of Us Should Be Silent

MALVEAUX: What Would We Do Without Immigrants?

CANNICK: Why Black Silence on Immigration Won’t Save Us

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Honoring Juneteenth

JEALOUS: Are Any of Us Really Ready for Fire Season?

MALVEAUX: We Need the Joy of Black Music Month

WILLIAMS: There’s Something About Being ‘Other’!

MORIAL: Fortune 500 Milestones Reveal The Big Lie Behind Equity & Inclusion Backlash

From Grief to Action: Honoring Ananda Lewis Through Prevention and Empowerment

JEALOUS: The Truth Makes Us Free

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: What RFK Knew About Violence — and What We Must Remember

WILLIAMS: Making Up the Rules After the Fact

MORIAL: From Opportunity to Abandonment — The Cruelty of Ending Job Corps

MARSHALL: Killing Jobs Corps is Killing Equity

MALVEAUX: We Will Die, But How?

WILLIAMS: Too Many Women Cooperate in Trying to Bring Down Other Women

MALVEAUX: Fight Learning Loss This Summer

JEALOUS: When Demagogues Blame the Vulnerable, We All Lose

MARSHALL: George Floyd’s Death Should Not Be in Vain

MORIAL: Charlie Rangel, the ‘Lion Of Lenox,’ Blazed a Trail With Courage, Conviction and Humor

JEALOUS: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Cruelty Is a National Scourge

MARSHALL: ‘Good Trouble,’ Tennessee-Style

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Advice for Young Graduates

PERSLEY-DAVIS: Braiding Red Tape — Why D.C. Regulates Hair More Than Crime

CHAVIS: Oregon Bill Threatens the Future of Black-Owned Newspapers and Community Journalism

JEALOUS: Cutting Energy Star Hurts Americans — And Helps No One But Polluters

WILLIAMS: Does He Know the Laws?

MORIAL: George Floyd Five Years Later: Was It a Moment or a Movement?

MALVEAUX: Topsy-Turvy Toxic Policy — Oppressed South Africans?

LEON: Keys of the Constitution —Checks and Balances Are Supposed to Protect Us All

JEALOUS: When the Birds Stop Singing

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: The Endless Work of Mothering

MALVEAUX: Alexis Herman — Grace, Grit and Glue

MARSHALL: Pope Leo XIV, MAGA Agitator

WILLIAMS: Those First 100 Days

MORIAL: Defying Trump’s Crusade to Rewrite American History

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Teacher Appreciation

JEALOUS: When the Heat and Storms Come, Lies Will Not Save Us

WILLIAMS: What Else Could Possibly Go Wrong for Women?

MALVEAUX: Chaos, Confusion and Delusion — 100 Days of Lies and Insanity

MARSHALL: If There Is a Movement, the Black Church Will Be Needed

MORIAL: The Freedom to Learn is the Freedom to Live

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Legacy of Young Changemakers

WILLIAMS: Does This Man Know Right from Wrong?

MALVEAUX: Pope Francis Was a Humble Man of the People and an Advocate for Black America

The Strategic Resistance: Why Black America Is Playing the Long Game

Second Chance Hiring is a Win for D.C.’s Black Businesses — Learn How to Get Started

MARSHALL: Still Black and Still Proud

MORIAL: America’s Slide Into Tyranny Is No Longer Hypothetical

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Time for True Renewal

JEALOUS: Poisoning Our Future: The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Coal Exemptions

WILLIAMS: Looking for a Rapist and a Criminal?

CHAVIS/HENRY: Target National Selective Buying Campaign Continues

We’ve Been Here Before: What the Reagan Era Can Teach Us About the Trump Years

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Transforming the Road

JEALOUS: The History They Fear Is the Truth We Carry

MORIAL: Trump’s Budget is a Betrayal of His Promise to Working-Class Americans

WILLIAMS: Does Another Thaddeus Stevens Exist?

DOUGLAS: A Black Mother Seeks to Prevail and Help Others After Her Loss

MARSHALL: Eliminating Women in Power

African Americans and the Extension of Trump’s Tax Cuts

WILLIAMS: ‘Six Triple Eight’ a Must-See

MORIAL: Defend the Department Of Education — Our Children’s Future Depends On It

MARSHALL: Will Ben Carson and Tim Scott Speak Up?

MALVEAUX: Will the Hands Off Movement Have Momentum?

HIGGINS: Breaking the Barriers to Black Relationships

Assessing Trump’s Recent Executive Orders And Its Impact on African Americans

The Past Is the Future: Why Black Policy Infrastructure Is the Key to Lasting Change

ROSE: The Drive for Black Homeownership

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Revisiting an American Prayer

MARSHALL: ICE Should Respect the Sanctity of Churches

MALVEAUX: Trump Loves the Poorly Educated

JEALOUS: Preserving Our Natural Wonders Is a Patriotic Cause Worth Fighting For

BROWN: 57 Years Later, Martin Luther King’s Voice Still Echoes, No Matter What Trump Tries to Silence

Beyond Talk: Prince George’s Business and Economic Imperative Is Driving Solutions

Remembering My Grandmother, Viola Liuzzo

MITCHELL/ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: Trump’s War on Federal Workers Threatens Both Current and Future Black Generations

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: ‘Everyone Is Welcome’