opinion

TILGHMAN: Why Safe Passage Is Personal — and Why It’s About All of Our Children

MORIAL: Honoring the Trailblazer, Dr. Norman C. Francis

REYNOLDS: All Must Die, But Legends Live On

MALVEAUX: The Rotunda Is Too Small for Rev. Jesse Jackson

DANIELS: ‘All Boots on the Bridge’ State of Emergency Without Urgency in Black America

MORRISETTE: Tariff Whiplash and a Rising Black Recession 

100 Years of Black History: Reclaiming Digital Health as Architects

DUMAS: The Slow Strangulation of Black Business Opportunity 

MALVEAUX: From Reconstruction to the SAVE Act — The Politics of Paperwork

FRENK: Why Patriotic USA Citizens are Sometimes Carrying Mexican Flags at Anti-ICE Protests

MORIAL: ICE Has Run Rogue. These Leaders Are Democracy’s Last Line

CLYBURN: Here’s How We Fix ICE

JEALOUS: How Dissidents and Survivors of Economic Collapse Taught Me to Believe in Bitcoin

JEALOUS: Rev. Jackson Lifted All of Us Higher

Advocates to D.C. Council: We Need New Leaders at PSC for Lower Ratepayer Bills, Not More Utility Handouts

SMITH: Locked Out of the Game — Why Access to Sports Media Matters to Local Communities

REYNOLDS: When a President Turns Dehumanization Into Policy

HARRIS/McDANIEL: Trump’s High Prices Are Costing Republicans Black and Brown Voters

MORIAL: The Fight to Preserve Black History is a Fight to Save America

HARRIS/McDANIEL: Democrats Should Lead By Example on Gerrymandering

MARSHALL: The Enthusiasm Gap No One Wants to Talk About

MORIAL: Immigration Enforcement Is Breaking Public Safety. Here’s the Fix

WILLIAMS: Taking Back Our Rights

JEALOUS: Black History Month and the Power That Holds Democracy Together

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD/PARKER: The Truth About Trump Accounts and Black Wealth

HAGLER: Church Disruptions are Justified

CHAVIS: Stop Corporate Consolidation Silencing Local Media Voices

LEON: Will Greenland Become Trump’s Waterloo?

TILGHMAN: When the IEP Is Written — But the Services Don’t Show Up

MORRISSETTE: One Woman’s Refusal

OWOLEWA/BOGAN:Patrols, Secret Police, and the Capital — Why ICE Signals a New Enforcement Era and Why D.C. Statehood Matters

LEON: The Kidnapping of Maduro — Trump Admin Makes Mockery of Constitution, Congress

ABDULLAH: An Open Letter to Mayor Karen Bass and the Black Political Class

MARSHALL: We Cannot Drift Away From Dr. King’s Legacy

MORIAL: Rollback of Racial Justice Demands Urgent Action

WILLIAMS: It Gets Worse!

LANE: Why Medicaid Matters to Families Across the District

The Heartbeat of Energy Justice: Protecting Affordability Amid Rapid Change

CHAVIS: Hands Off Black D.C.’s Arts

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: State of the Dream 2026 — From Regression to Signs of a Black Recession

HARRIS/McDANIEL: Don’t Take the Bait — Venezuela Is a Distraction From Trump’s Affordability Crisis

WILLIAMS: Standing With Minnesotans

JEALOUS: We Must Finish the Work Dr. King Died Doing

MALVEAUX: When the Post Office Is Undermined, Democracy and Black Jobs Go With It

MORIAL: ICE Has Ushered In a New Era of Domestic Terror and Attacks on Civil Liberties

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: Concrete Giants, Fragile Communities — Why D.C. Must Pay Attention to the Data Center Rush

MORIAL: How MacKenzie Scott Reimagined Philanthropic Giving

WILLIAMS: What Kind of Man is This?

MARSHALL: White Privilege is Not for Everyone

JEALOUS: Get Ready to Honor America’s Birthday by Fighting for Freedom, Again

MALVEAUX: The Cost-of-Living Crisis We’re Told Is Over

OWOLEWA: Trump Is Draining D.C., Not the Swamp — How Federal Power Grabs Are Bankrupting Our City and Pushing Out Its People

REYNOLDS: When Technology Starts Pretending to Be Jesus, the Church Must Speak Up

HARRIS/McDANIEL: Democrats Can’t Win In 2026 on Trump Resistance Alone

WILLIAMS: Bribes, Threats, Denials and Warmongers

WILLIAMS: Donnie’s Blame Game

MALVEAUX: Congress Went Home. Health Care Didn’t Get Fixed. Americans Pay the Price.

MORIAL: Immigration Raids in New Orleans — a Bait-and-Switch on Public Safety

REDMOND: The Voting Rights Act Is Under Threat. So Are Workers’ Rights.

JEALOUS: When Tough Times Come to Main Street, Love Matters Even More

MARSHALL: Turning Point USA is Focused on the Future

D.C.’s Limited Democracy is in Critical Danger

BAILEY: Both Kwanzaa and Christmas Empower Black People

JEALOUS: When Big Tech’s Thirst Threatens Our Health, We Must Demand Better

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: A Reckoning is Coming — D.C. Must Not Bow to Trump’s Takeover

We Will Not Let Them Rewrite Chief Smith’s Story

Five Principles to Support Black Workers and Learners in Pathways to Non-Degree Credentials

TILGHMAN: A Dad’s Perspective — Why the IEP System Must Do Better for Our Children

MALVEAUX: The Illusion of the Markdown

JEALOUS: Surprised by the Headlines About White Men and College? Time for a Reality Check

MORIAL: New Orleans Deserves Law Enforcement That is ‘Fair, Focused and Lawful’

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: It’s Time to End Our National Guard Occupation in D.C.

SUGGS: Disney Destiny — Representation Matters

MARSHALL: All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk

BROWN: Race Shadows Every Assault on the Affordable Care Act

WILLIAMS: The Fight for the Epstein Files is Finally Won

JEALOUS: Praying for Jesse Jackson — and Remembering His Lessons

MALVEAUX: This Giving Season, Give BlackJulianne Malveaux

HARRIS/MESIDOR: Congress Shouldn’t Leave Small Banks Out of the Digital Asset Future

MARSHALL: It Takes GOP Courage, Not Compromise

MORIAL: U.S. Traded Global Leadership for Racist Conspiracy Theories

MORRISSETTE: The Economy is Quivering this Thanksgiving 

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: Democrats Let D.C. Down — Accountability Can’t Wait

Silent Danger: What This Viral Video Shows About ER Bias and Black Maternal Mortality

TILGHMAN: Funding Education Is Not Optional

WILLIAMS: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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

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

MARSHALL: Will Epstein Be on the 2026 Midterm Ballot?

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

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

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

MCKINNIE: How Racial Gerrymandering is Hollowing Out the Black Electorate

MORRISSETTE: Investing in Entrepreneurship After the Government Shutdown 

KING: Government Shutdowns Prove We Need Skilled Trades

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

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

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