SEATTLE MEDIUM — On Juneteenth, a significant event unfolded at the Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson's former plantation, marking the first...
THE AFRO — The Chinese government has not played fair. It overproduces in order to flood global markets. It has leaned on exports of “bifacial” (basically,...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Significantly, many of the orcas captured – including the famed Shamu – came from a small population of orcas whose trusting nature made...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Michigan’s codified commitment to fighting the pollution driving climate change is inherently good news for the communities of color that bear a disproportionate...
CHICAGO DEFEDER — What started as a Facebook page grew into a full-fledged campaign involving residents and allied environmental groups pushing city, county, and state officials...
By Ben Jealous As someone who’s been organizing since I was a teenager, I can tell you that it’s hard to get people to focus on...
By Ben Jealous If a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials...
By Ben Jealous (TriceEdneyWire.com) – This week in 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated leading a bold effort to teach America an urgent...
By Ben Jealous Vice President Kamala Harris is sure to be remembered every March in Women’s History Month as the first woman and the first person...
By Ben Jealous For decades, hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River have been killing off salmon that must traverse them to spawn, Southern Resident orcas...
By Ben Jealous It strikes me that the days we’re living through represent a metaphor for our national dilemma. Jan. 6 and the weight of history...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To further resist the threat of authoritarianism, we must lift up young leaders who will be democracy’s champions for this and future generations....
By Ben Jealous One of the great joys of my life is teaching. I’m fortunate to teach classes on social justice at the University of Pennsylvania,...
By Ben Jealous Art can be a powerful tool for social change. Sometimes that threatens people in power. Right now, some of America’s greatest artists are...
By Ben Jealous Like so many of us right now, I’ve got Georgia on my mind. As I write this, I’ve just gotten back from meeting with Black...
By Ben Jealous Right before our last national elections in 2020, thousands of Black voters in Detroit got a call from someone posing as a woman...
By Ben Jealous There is always a new low for Trump Republicans. And that is pretty frightening. Take the latest exercise in lawlessness, dishonesty, and cruelty...
By Ben Jealous Truth is a threat to authoritarianism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom...
By Ben Jealous A New Mexico judge has done the country a big favor. Judge Francis Mathew upheld a little-known provision of the U.S. Constitution and...
By Ben Jealous, president of People For the American Way Just when you thought far-right attacks on public education couldn’t get any more absurd, we hear...
By Ben Jealous When Charles Diggs, Jr. won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It may be hard for many people to believe just how extreme Trump’s movement and his political supporters have become, and just how...
By Ben Jealous Red flags are flying for democracy and democratic values. We need to pay attention to the threats—and also to signs that we can...
By Ben Jealous George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer just over two years ago. His killing sparked a movement to end unjustified police killings...
By Ben Jealous Did you ever wonder whether elections really matter? Well, the Trump Supreme Court majority has answered that question for good. Or, more accurately, they...
