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It Is Time for 'Jexodus' Mar. 14, 2019
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., denies that anti-Semitism is "on the rise" within the Democratic Party... Read More
Frederick Douglass and Voting Rights Feb. 01, 2019
I have been reading — more accurately, listening to — David Blight's new biography, "Fre... Read More
Lessons From the Past Jan. 28, 2019
Seventy-one years ago this month — in January 1948 — a black, 17-year-old high school dr... Read More
Campaigns Do Matter and Can Change History Jan. 26, 2019
In 1960, when John F. Kennedy was running for the White House against Richard Nixon, winning Democra... Read More
Black Education: A Glimmer of Hope Jan. 09, 2019
In reference to efforts to teach black children, the president of the St. Petersburg, Florida, chapt... Read More
Racism -- It's Everywhere! It's Everywhere! Nov. 30, 2018
It's sobering how much race dominates the public discourse today. But as long as we're discussing st... Read More
Black Education: What Makes Sense? Nov. 28, 2018
What do you think of the proposition that no black youngsters should be saved from educational rot u... Read More
Republican Opportunity With Young Blacks Nov. 14, 2018
Buried in the mounds of data fleshing out what happened in the midterm elections is an interesting t... Read More
There's No Laugh Line in a Lynching Nov. 14, 2018
Earlier this year, on April 26, a new museum dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy op... Read More
Responding to Domestic Terrorists Nov. 06, 2018
It surprised few to learn that Robert Bowers, who is charged in the massacre of 11 congregants at a ... Read More
Again, We Fight for the Vote Oct. 25, 2018
Coretta Scott King saw this coming. "Struggle is a never-ending process," she wrote a year after her... Read More
How Dare Kanye West Think for Himself? Oct. 19, 2018
While Democrats continue to exploit identity politics for political gain and accuse President Donald... Read More
South Africa Question Sep. 05, 2018
South Africa has been thrown into the news because of President Donald Trump's recent tweet that he ... Read More
Enough's Enough Aug. 15, 2018
During the weekend of Aug. 4-5 (and the preceding Friday night), 12 Chicagoans were shot dead, and 6... Read More
Blind to Real Problems Jun. 20, 2018
For several decades, a few black scholars have been suggesting that the vision held by many black Am... Read More
Kanye and Democrats May. 16, 2018
In the aftermath of the Kanye West dust-up, my heart goes out to the white people who control the De... Read More
Black History Month Feb. 14, 2018
Carter G. Woodson, noted scholar, historian and educator, created "Negro History Week" in 1926, whic... Read More
Gentry Liberals Own the Democratic Party Feb. 09, 2018
Amid the brouhahas about the Nunes memo and immigration, an item from Greg Hinz of Crain's Chicago B... Read More
Democrats Should Dial Back Racial Bargaining Dec. 26, 2017
The election of Doug Jones in Alabama delivered much joy to Democrats, and they rightly heralded the... Read More
Black Self-Sabotage Nov. 29, 2017
The educational achievement of white youngsters is nothing to write home about, but that achieved by... Read More
