On Saturday, as the in-person return of The Roots Picnic made national news, with the music of [...]
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Reaching through America’s chaos to find common ground
A house divided against itself cannot stand. Which means if America was a house, it would be [...]
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The Black Tulsa shooter was driven by rage, not race
Tulsa Oklahoma has been through hell before. It’s the place where Black Wall Street was burned to [...]
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Systemic inequality is driving America’s gun violence.
After celebrating Memorial Day — a day in which we honor those who gave their lives during [...]
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Musk wants to put Trump back on Twitter, and set America back 100 years
Well, Elon Musk, the billionaire co-founder of Tesla, and soon-to-be owner of Twitter has shown his cards.When [...]
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The Supreme Court Ties Abortion to State’s Rights, and Black People Should Be Concerned
The U.S. Supreme Court is on the cusp of striking down Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that guaranteed [...]
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The O’Jays Last Tour Lets Us Know Black Music Matters
Black music is the soundtrack of America. Negro Spirituals during slavery and Jim Crow. Jazz during the [...]
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Proposed FDA ban on menthol cigarettes could have Black lives up in smoke
The Food and Drug Administration is moving to ban menthol cigarettes. That means no more Newports. No [...]
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Dr. Ala Stanford’s rise to regional director for the US Dept. of Health and Human Services is about all of us
When I heard that Philly’s own Dr. Ala Stanford had been named regional director of the U.S. [...]
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The weaponization of education against Black kids didn’t stop with Tracey Meares
Our children are under attack, and education is the weapon of choice. It’s always been that way [...]
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Florida’s culture wars are not just about hating people. They’re about loving money
The culture wars are firmly centered in Florida, where the Florida Department of Education recently rejected more than [...]
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Ban my book. Then stand back and watch it change the world
To governors and state legislatures in states like Florida, to school boards in conservative areas across the [...]
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