Perspectives

  By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way   Millions of Americans have turned out in big cities and small towns to protest the killings of unarmed civilians – often Black people – at […]

  By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund   The Peacemaker taught us about the Seven Generations. He said, when you sit in council for the welfare of the people, you must not think of […]

  By JOHN A. POWELL and GARY L. CUNNINGHAM Trice Edney Communications   The social ferment we’re seeing in Louisville, Kenosha and many other parts of America is fueled by more than a legitimate revulsion […]

  By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries   In this turbulent political period of our existence, I find myself wondering why anyone would prefer what appears to be the development of an authoritarian regime […]

  By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way   (Trice Edney Newswire) – One of the most exciting parts of this year’s Democratic National Convention for me was the keynote speech delivered collectively by […]

  By LAUREN VICTORIA BURKE NNPA   As the 2020 campaign for the White House enters the final stretch, President Donald Trump is looking and sounding increasingly desperate. After a debate performance featuring a call […]

  By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund   “To practice nonviolence is to find a stream of life that allows you to live creatively…The only way forward is to risk our lives … The […]

  By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries   While there are many supporters of the president who were saddened at the news of his having contracted the coronavirus, there are many others who don’t […]

  By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way   The late Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an intellectual giant with a righteous spirit. She used her brilliant mind and steely determination to protect the gains […]

  By DUVALIER J. MALONE Duvalier Malone Enterprises   The police murder of Breonna Taylor has once again laid bare the stark bias that exists in America’s justice system. This young Black woman was killed […]