Perspectives

  By BEN JEALOUS Trice Edney Communications   In recent days, we’ve seen the dying gasps of the Trump administration turn into tragic violence in Washington, D.C. There is much to say about that and […]

  By CHARLENE CROWELL Center for Responsible Lending   Although a New Year has begun, many American consumers and small businesses continue to feel a financial hangover from the challenges of 2020. As the global […]

  By KEITH MAGEE National News Releases   On Wednesday, a White man strolled into an office, settled down in a leather chair, and casually put his dirty boots on the desk in front of […]

  By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund   “I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him […]

  By K. SABEEL RAHMAN Dēmos   “The horrific assault yesterday on the Capitol was not a protest. This was a failed coup attempt deliberately designed to circumvent the will of the people with the […]

  By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries   In his book, Second Reconstruction, the Rev. Dr. William Barber describes how every time Black people in this country have made political and economic advances, angry […]

  By GERALD TORRES and KATHLEEN ROGERS American Forum   The announcement of Michael Regan to head EPA is good news for environmental justice. Decades of experience with environmental regulatory schemes have demonstrated that unless […]

  By JESSE L. JACKSON SR. Rainbow PUSH Coalition   As we turn to a new year, the spotlight shines on the new president and the new administration. Even as he assumes center stage in […]

  By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League   “Anyone with decent vision can see from the parking-lot video of the shooting that the claim that Loehmann was able to repeatedly warn Tamir warrants incredulity. […]

  By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund   We are beginning the New Year during very perilous times for children and for our nation and world, but in the face of overwhelming challenges and […]