opinion

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

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.

MALVEAUX: For Sale — Children’s Nutrition

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

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

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

JEALOUS: A Nation That Forgets Its History Is Bound

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

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

LAZARRE: Who Is Pro-Democracy Content Actually Reaching?

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

WATKINS: The Truth is the Light

MALVEAUX: The Cuba I Cannot Unsee



MALVEAUX: America at 250 — Patriotism Without Truth Is Propaganda

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

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

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

MALVEAUX: Brown’s Unfinished Promise

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

MORIAL: The Trump Administration’s Misaligned Priorities

BROWN: Juneteenth Reflection

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

MARSHALL: When Politics Intersects With Professional Sports

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

MALVEAUX: The Slush Fund Presidency

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

HORNE: The Politics of the New Civil Law Wars

CHAVIS: Ensuring the Freedom-Fighting Legacy of Dr. Clarence B. Jones

TERRELL: Joy of Educating Black Boys

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

ROLLING: Should Our Black Scholar Athletes Give Up Their Opportunities?

SNYDER: Gov. Wes Moore’s Veto of SB 459 Misses the Reality of Modern Local Media

THOMPSON/CHANG: D.C. Needs Real Solutions, Not Just Real Talk

MORIAL: Mississippi Made a Commitment to Its Kids. It’s Time We All Do the Same.

WILLIAMS: The King and the Would-Be King

DIXON: Don’t Let Misinformation Undermine Proven Crime-Fighting Tools

THOMPSON: Freedom Is Never Free — And Neither Is Our Debt to Those Who Secured It

MARSHALL: American Robber Barons Still Exist

MARSHALL: Are We Really in the Same Boat? South Carolina Redistricting and the Limits of Coalition Politics

BANKS: Alabama’s CHOOSE Act — A Promise and a Responsibility

REYNOLDS: Chatbots Cannot be Marketed as a Junior Jesus

MORIAL: When Supreme Court Gets the Facts Wrong, Democracy Pays the Price

TILGHMAN: Parents Are a Child’s First Teacher — As a Father, I’m Learning Too

BAILEY: Wars and Rumors of Wars — The Unspoken Fear Shadowing International Students at HBCUs

MORIAL: The WSJ Got It Wrong — It’s This Administration Who Has a Jim Crow Fantasy

MORRISSETTE: A New Economic Civil Rights Struggle — Disappearing Data

JEALOUS: The Color of Trust

PITTMAN: Systemic Misdiagnosis, Neurodivergence, and Educational Equity

ASIAMAH/ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: Vanguard’s Data Sound an Alarm on Financial Fragility in the U.S. 

MALVEAUX: Faith Without the Noise

HARRIS: Even Under Attack, Black Southern Voters Can Deliver the Senate for Democrats

LACEY: From Preaching to Practice — Architects of Our AI Future

JEALOUS: Ona Judge Escaped Once. Now They Want to Erase Her.

MONTGOMERY: Black Families Stopped Waiting for Public Schools. Now They’re Building Their Own.

MALVEAUX: The Future of Work Is Already Here — and It’s Not What We Were Promised

MORIAL: The Crisis Calling From Inside the House

MARSHALL: Keeping the Black Vote Energized

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: Representation at Risk — The Fragile Progress of Black Political Power

GLASSIC: Raising Auto Insurance Mandates Will Make Driving in D.C. More Expensive — and Less Fair

TILGHMAN: For Families Like Mine, Data Privacy Is Personal

KING: The Future of Work

SALEEM: D.C.’s ‘Teen Takeovers’ Are a Warning Sign

LOVE: Regime Change and the Roots of U.S. Hostility With Iran

WHYTE: How You Stop a Prescription Medicine Is as Important as How You Start

MALVEAUX: From Reconstruction to the SAVE Act

MORIAL: The Postal Service Should Be Funded — Rain, Snow, Sleet or Stalemate

WEATHERSBY: Trump’s Policies Hurt Black America — and Everyone Else

O’KELLY: Meta Deleted Me. I Still Don’t Know Why. And Neither Will You.

CANNICK: The Resistance Needs Rent Money

MORIAL: White House College Sports ‘Reforms’ Would Simply Codify Inequity

EPSTEIN: Discrimination in City Contracts

CHAVIS: The Black Press Puts Leadership on Camera

MORIAL: Born in America Means American, Period

REDMOND: One Hundred Years of Black Workers Telling the Truth

WILLIAMS: Where Are Our Three Branches of Government?

MARSHALL: ‘It’s a New World. It’s the Same Constitution.’

JEALOUS: The Tipped Wage is a Legacy of Slavery. Chicago is Right to End It.

MARSHALL: Merit-Based Promotions Should Also Be About Fairness

MORIAL: The Save America Act is a Throwback to Jim Crow Voter Suppression

MALVEAUX: The People Are Not Subjects

JEALOUS: Could 2028 Be the Year the People Finally Pick the President?

MARSHALL: Iran and Iraq are the Same Wars

JEALOUS: Most Americans Now Live at the Same Address

MORIAL: You Deserve to Know Who You’re Sending to Washington

CHAVIS: Black America’s 2026 Urban Challenges — Mayor Mamdani Case Study

WILLIAMS: Finally Giving Black Women Their Due

TILGHMAN: The Real Work Begins After the IEP Meeting

With Expanded DCTAG, More D.C. Students Can Dream Big

HARRIS/McDANIEL: Wes Moore’s AI Warning to Black America

MALVEAUX: From Felton to Alsobrooks: The Uneven Rise of Women in the U.S. Senate

MORIAL: Black America Is Already In a Recession

WILLIAMS: Tuskegee Airmen’s Legacy Takes Flight Again

MARSHALL: America, Once the Shining City on the Hill

MAGEE: America Is Experiencing the Age of the Dominus — Our Moment of Truth

KING: Economic Empowerment Has Always Been a Part of Black History