“A Morally Inclement Climate”
April 4th was the 54th anniversary of the assassination of our nation’s prophet of nonviolence, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On the same day we [...]
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The Emmett Till Antilynching Act: Remedy at Last
On March 29, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, making lynching a federal hate crime. An act can now be [...]
Read MoreThe Invisible Backbone Leaders of Transforming Social Change
Women’s History Month is a reminder that in every major American social reform movement, women have always played a critical role. Women at the forefront, [...]
Read MoreJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson: Breaking Another Barrier
At the White House event where President Biden introduced her as the nominee for the United States Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gave a [...]
Read MoreA World Safe for Children
“Tell Me Where to Be Born” People of the world, tell me where to be born. If I were born in the land of “your [...]
Read MoreRevisiting Fannie Lou Hamer
On February 22 the wonderful documentary Fannie Lou Hamer’s America received its broadcast premiere on PBS. Mrs. Hamer’s grandniece Monica Land, one of the film’s [...]
Read MoreA Prayer to the God of All Children
O God of the children of Ukraine Of Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala Of Syria, Nigeria, Liberia, Sudan and South Africa Of Afghanistan, Pakistan, [...]
Read MoreSidney Poitier: “Press On For Our Children’s Future”
When beloved icon Sidney Poitier passed away just weeks short of what would have been his 95th birthday on February 20, the world mourned a [...]
Read MoreYoung Leaders Making a Difference
When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Atlanta recently to address the urgent need for voting rights legislation, they chose to [...]
Read MoreBlack History Month Right Now
The roots of Black History Month in our nation are nearly a century old, but at a moment when some people are seeking to block [...]
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