Editorials

Martin Luther King Jr. believed that silence in the face of injustice is betrayal, and it is important for people to speak up and sound the alarm when the stakes are high.

The Department of Labor has reported that rent prices continue to rise, with the annual increase now exceeding 5%, and Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed solutions to improve Americans' rental conditions, including expanding the Housing Choice Voucher program and increasing funding for HCVs.

Fearmongering is a powerful political tool used by the MAGA movement to sway voters and win elections, and Democrats must be afraid of the consequences of a second Trump administration and the conservative mandate of Project 2025.

Project 2025 is a far-right agenda orchestrated by the radical right and its dark money backers, which threatens the foundations of democracy and the rule of law, and the National Urban League is hosting a conference in New Orleans to strategize and stop this coup before it's too late.

Lerome Bennett, Jr. provided profound insight on how to promote and protect the interests of Black people in the USNA and the world, urging the Black middle class to redefine themselves in terms of the needs of Black people and protect the idea of Black hegemony in cultural, political and economic matters.

Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old shooter, was allowed to slip past metal detectors at a Donald Trump rally, despite acting suspiciously, and was able to shoot former President Trump, killing one person and wounding two others before being killed by a police sniper.

The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 aims to turn America from a democracy into an autocracy by unilaterally laying waste to the constitutional order, and more than a hundred far-right organizations have signed on to support it.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin has introduced impeachment resolutions against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for their unethical behavior, including accepting undisclosed gifts and failing to recuse themselves from cases involving their spouses' interests.

President Joe Biden missed an opportunity to connect with tens of thousands of people at the Mass Poor People’s and Low Wage Workers Assembly and Moral March on Washington and Polls, and should focus on Project 2025 and the Supreme Court's decision to grant Trump immunity.

Wildfire smoke pollution from Canadian wildfires last summer killed more than 100 people in Michigan and caused significant health problems for others, highlighting the need to break our fossil fuel addiction and protect forests and trees.