opinion

CARR: The Raid on Ilhan Omar’s Home Should Concern Every American

MORIAL: It’s Time for The Department of Education to Stop Destroying the Dreams of the Next Generation

EDNEY: While Black Families Pay More for Power, Some Attorneys General Fight to Save High-Cost Coal

RUSSELL: But God!

SHAW: Why LeBron James and Jaylen Brown Will Make 76ers Bigger Than Basketball

COBB: Proposition 40 — It’s Time to Play Chess, Not Checkers

Battling Black Voter Distrust

WILLIAMS: Why I Support Cuba

MORIAL: The Assault on a Free Press Threatens Every American

HENDERSON: Haiti TPS — Have We Lost Sense of Humanity?

KELLUM: What Is a Gift of Equity and What Could It Mean for Black America?

MERCER: Washington Has a Chance to Save Veterans’ Lives

MORIAL: America’s Reading Crisis Demands More Than Concern. It Demands Action.

KELLUM: The Last Generation to Start from Zero

MALVEAUX: The Audacity of Joyce Beatty

MARSHALL: The Power of Spoken Words

TILGHMAN: Why Parents of Children With IEPs Should Know Their School Bus Driver

ALLEN: Don’t Let Grief Break the Bank

JEALOUS: Troy Davis’ Ghost Still Speaks After All These Years

MALVEAUX: ‘We the People’ — Which People?

MORIAL: #EMMYSSOWHITE — Recognition, Representation, and the Unfinished Work of Inclusion

HARRIS: Democrats Should Take Trump’s $5,000 Promise Seriously

FARR: Newsom’s Utility Deal Fell Apart. Black Households Are Still Footing the Bill

MALONSON: An Informed Vote Is a Powerful Vote

CHAN: Nolan Wells’ Death One of Several Signifying Racial Terror Lives On in U.S. South

MORIAL: Introducing Our Congressional Blueprint to Bring Affordability for All

GUILLERMO: AI Needs to Know Who Is the Boss

SHARPTON: If AI Is the New Language of Power, Then NAN Wants Black Communities Fluent

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: Black Unemployment Is Falling, But the Racial Economic Divide Continues

ANTHONY: ICE Already Shocks America — Gloves Can’t Hide Their Fingerprints!

CHAVIS: Urgency to Decrease Energy Power Bills

STEVENSON: 34 Years, Thousands of Stories, One Enduring Love for Harlem

GUILLERMO: Angie Nixon Will Turn You Into a Democratic Socialist if Trump Hasn’t Already

ODUNTAN: Black August Was Never Meant to End in August

You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See: Why Eliminating Workplace Diversity Data Threatens Black Workers

BOSTON: Young Black Men Suffering in Silence a Curse That Can Be Broken

RILEY: Preserved by Purpose — Taking the Limits Off of God

HARRIS: One Black Governor at a Time Is Not Enough

Two Systems of Justice: How Success Makes Leaders of Color Targets

MORIAL: The Path Toward Liberty Is Being Lit and Led by Black Women

ROBINSON: 57,000 Empty Apartments and Not a Word of Apology

JOHNSON: We Have Walked This Road Before

JEALOUS: American Men Have Been In Crisis for Generations. A Remedy from 1879 Offers Hope.

JEALOUS: What Two Fathers Talk About at Lunch

JOHNSON: There’s a Storm Coming

MILLIGAN: In the Fight for Voting Rights, Winning Is Not the Same as Victory

GUILLERMO: The Philippines Isn’t Foreign When Your Family Still Lives There

GOLDSON: The Education Ecosystem Our Students Need

TILGHMAN: Back to School Means Showing Up — Every Child Deserves an Advocate

ODUNTAN: One by One — The Slow Disappearance of Black Voices in Mainstream Media

JEALOUS: Count Them. Then Hire Them.


BANDELE: The Black August Legacy

MORRISSETTE: What Isn’t Measured Can Be Denied — A Call to Defend the EEO-1 Before Aug. 24

JEALOUS: What Shall I Do With My Boy?

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD/BRENSON: Why the Senate Must Strengthen Its Leadership Pipeline

ODUNTAN: From Selma to South Los Angeles — An Unsung Voting Rights Foot Soldier Says the Fight Isn’t Over

DEBNAM: The Same Communities Targeted Again and Again

GUILLERMO: When Politicians Start Sanitizing One Chapter of History, They’re Coming After The Whole Book

FARR: Can Shawn Carter Live?

MORIAL: Affordability for All — It’s Time to Rescue the American Dream

WALKER: Trump Shell Game Biggest Grift in World History

ELMOGRABI: Accountable Gold in Africa — A New Initiative

WARREN: ‘The Trusted Messenger’ and the Black Vote



REDMOND: Black Women Deserve Equal Pay. Unions Help Make It Happen.

SHAW: How Black WNBA Players Became Collateral Damage in the Caitlin Clark Culture War

HARRIS: South Carolina Puts Black Voters in the Driver’s Seat for 2028

KIMBER: No More Broken Promises to Black America

EDNEY: Kalshi’s ‘Segregation Market’ Turns Black Suffering Into a Betting Line

MALVEAUX: Haiti, TPS and the Politics of Punishment

MORIAL: The Bicentennial Was Healing. ‘Freedom 250’ Was a Narcissistic Embarrasment.

WARREN: The Two July Fourths — Which Did You Celebrate?

MALVEAUX: For Sale — Children’s Nutrition

MORIAL: Citizenship Is a Birthright We’ve Earned and Intend to Keep

ANTHONY: America’s New Sign at the Border — ‘Welcome — Whites Only’

The Head of Household Illusion: The Tax Break That Skips the Mothers It Was Built For 

JEALOUS: A Nation That Forgets Its History Is Bound

MORIAL: The Supreme Court’s Willful Blindness in the Face of Racial Animus

TILGHMAN: We Can Do Better — Strengthening Democracy in Prince George’s County

MALVEAUX: America at 250 — Patriotism Without Truth Is Propaganda

MALVEAUX: The Cuba I Cannot Unsee



WATKINS: The Truth is the Light

LANE: East of the River Voters Demand Action on Key Issues

LAZARRE: Who Is Pro-Democracy Content Actually Reaching?

MYERS: Reducing Anger and Stopping Violence by Inspiring Self-Worth

JEALOUS: Hey, Cousin — What I Saw on Juneteenth at Andrew Jackson’s Plantation

MYERS: Black Women Leaders Are Not Burnt Out, We Are Being Extracted From

HARRIS: Black Women Can Still Lead Democratic Tickets Despite Losses

RILEY: Preserved By Purpose — Withdrawals from the Bank of Frank

HENDERSON: Juneteenth, America at 250, and the Hole in the Soul of Our Democracy

GORE: Mental Health Crisis Among Black Men — A Growing Concern

BROWN: Juneteenth Reflection

MORIAL: The Trump Administration’s Misaligned Priorities

MALVEAUX: Brown’s Unfinished Promise

JOHNSON: Our Voices — When Armed Power Appears at the Ballot Box

MALVEAUX: The Slush Fund Presidency

MARSHALL: When Politics Intersects With Professional Sports

INGRAM: Using Art, Healing and Community to Transform Mental Health Dialogue

RICCARDI: Professors Reflect on Black Progress, and What the Next Decade Demands

JEALOUS: A ‘Main Street’ Bank Bill That Would Really Hurt Main Street

HORNE: The Politics of the New Civil Law Wars