Editorials

By the time you read this, the Super Bowl will be over and done. As will the Africa Cup of Nations 2023. What you may not have heard is how the league swapped the greenery of American football fields for an Accra marketplace in a mission to grow its brand and engage new fans across the continent.

Two years ago this week, I met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, along with my fellow civil rights leaders, to discuss the failure of the “Rooney Rule” to diversify the ranks of the League’s head coaches.

I’m a confirmed Peace Advocate, and I’ve been that all of my adult life; yet I respect all who give their lives for the benefit of all Americans. My heart aches for families of 3 American young people killed and 40 others injured, in a faraway war where many of them joined to fight for their country’s democracy.

Joe “The Black Eagle” Madison, an unapologetic radio activist who dedicated his life fighting on and off the air, has died of prostate cancer. And amid all tributes the question that is being most asked is who now will carry the progressive torch for Black America?

Few had ever heard the term “woke” when anti-racial justice activist Edward Blum began his crusade to preserve systemic racism after losing a congressional race to a Black opponent in 1992. Even fewer would have declared, much less loudly and proudly, their opposition to it after hearing it defined as “the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.”

A new report on rental housing from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) makes clear why so many people are dissatisfied with the nation’s economy.

Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX)  attacked his colleague, St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO), with rash, brash, and out-of-control language.

Historically Black fraternities and sororities have been making a difference in the lives of Black Americans for more than a hundred years. Members of these organizations have historically been at the forefront of the struggle for racial equality and have been change-makers in every professional sphere.

With the start of Black History Month, I brace myself for the mis-telling of Black History yet again.

Teachers are leading the push back against anti-Black censorship and book bans because students deserve more than whitewashed history.