OP-ED

Ben Jealous, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, reflects on the division within his own family and the need for conversation and understanding to heal divisions within America, starting with our families.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated by Donald Trump to head the Department of Health and Human Services, sparking concerns about his anti-vaccine views and false information spread to the Black community.

Felony disenfranchisement, a relic of Jim Crow white supremacy, is still prevalent in the United States, with one in eight Black people in Florida disenfranchised due to felony convictions, while President-Elect Donald Trump, who has 34 felony charges, is not.

Black women in the United States have shown their support for the Harris/Walz ticket, despite the efforts of a convicted criminal to undermine their efforts, and are calling for President Biden to pardon his son and former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

Trinity Taylor, a junior at Howard University, voted for Vice President Kamala Harris alongside her parents and encouraged others to vote through social media, infographics, and tabling events.

The Black church has played a crucial role in navigating through racial oppression and White supremacy, and the Ku Klux Klan has been a powerful and influential force in shaping the nation's identity and promoting intolerance.

The transition from fossil fuels to clean energy is creating jobs, improving health outcomes, and reducing energy prices, while Donald Trump's Project 2025 agenda threatens to reverse this progress.

VP Harris' loss in the 2024 American presidential election has been attributed to a lack of support from African American voters, but the Democratic Party and her campaign made mistakes that led to this failure.

Donald Trump's supporters and allies have assembled a sweeping extremist policy agenda, Project 2025, which aligns with his own campaign promises and past policies, including a drastic overhaul of the federal government, the use of civil rights laws to counter "anti-white racism", and the closure of the southern border.

President Joe Biden has called for accepting the results of the November 5th election, despite concerns about the convicted felon leading the nation and his disrespect for all women, while Black women and others have expressed their disappointment in the election results.