Perspectives

  By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way   People who care about equal justice under the law should be very happy about President Joe Biden’s first set of judicial nominees. I am especially […]

  By BRIAN HUJDICH HealthHIV   Only hours before Donald Trump left the White House, the outgoing administration proposed a sweeping change to Medicare that could limit millions of Americans’ access to lifesaving treatments, especially […]

  By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund   On April 8, President Biden announced a series of executive actions to curb America’s gun violence epidemic that kills a child or teen every 2 hours […]

  By PATRICK C. GRAHAM ReWork Richmond   There was a distant emptiness in the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s eyes as he looked away while rocking his knee deeper into the neck and vertebrae […]

  By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries   Even as the country – and the world – watches the trial for ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the ugly presence of White officers unduly accosting […]

  By HAZEL TRICE EDNEY TriceEdneyWire.com   Attorney and entrepreneur Yusef Jackson is joining the executive team at Aventiv Technologies, according to a company announcement. Jackson is the son of Rainbow/PUSH founder Jesse Jackson and […]

  By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way   (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has begun, ten months after George Floyd died in the street with Chauvin’s knee […]

  By CHARLENE CROWELL Center for Responsible Lending   After more than a year of COVID-19, the nation’s collective ability to cope with dual public health and economic crises has diminished many consumers’ ability to […]

  By JOHN E. WARREN San Diego Voice & Viewpoint   It is an established fact that public policy is the result of ideas that start with people, who create interest groups. Interest groups usually […]

  By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund   Passover and Easter celebrations are times of joyous sacredness with family and community rituals centered on the promises of deliverance, new hope and rebirth – promises […]