Roll up sleeves and get to work, by Julianne Malveaux
It took five days for the 2020 election to be called for former Vice President Joe Biden.
COVID-19 defeated Trump, by A. Peter Bailey
First, I must admit that my prediction of a Donald J. Trump victory in the 2020 presidential election was wrong.
Selfless concern, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
An old axiom states that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.” In other words, no one knows, cares or does anything about your pain or discomfort unless you are courageous enough to identify it.
Slipping through the COVID-19 cracks, by Julianne Malveaux
Economic recovery will be a long time coming. The Federal Reserve Bank says our coronavirus recession will last into 2021 and perhaps even into 2022. If a vaccine is developed, a distribu- tion plan still needs to be worked out.
The other pandemic: Social determinants of health, by Glenn Ellis
There is an old saying, “When America catches a cold, Black people get pneumonia.”
Politicians can stop police killings, by Ben Jealous
Millions of Americans have come out in big cities and small towns to protest the killings of unarmed civilians — often Black people — at the hands of law enforcement. If we want our demands for justice and accountability to …
Monsters are scary – so are brilliant Black women, by Julianne Malveaux
I was frightened of monsters when I was a child. Not so sure why, but my brother, who loved to plague me, used to tell me they were lurking under my bed. I shook and I shivered, and I cried …
Between hope and despair, by Julianne Malveaux
Black people occupy a place between hope and despair.
What’s at stake, by Ben Jealous
The Republicans’ rush to fill the vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat before the Nov. 3 election is a terrible threat to Black people’s civil rights and the health of our communities.
Stop telling Black people to pray for Donald Trump, by Andre Henry
Donald Trump is a sick man.
Truth of Black-on-Black crime remains 28 years later, by A. Peter Bailey
In a 1992 column for the Richmond Free Press, I wrote, “Someone should tell young Black males who are killing each other with such deadly efficiency that they are being allowed to do so precisely because they are killing each …
COVID-19 gives urgency to understanding sickle cell disease, by Glenn Ellis
COVID-19 has made the need for awareness about sickle cell disease more urgent than ever.
Nothing Nobel about Trump, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
Albert Einstein is attributed with saying, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”
Black lives, dollars matter, by Julianne Malveaux
I would always smile when I saw Black Lives Matter T-shirts, until I saw one gracing the grubby back of a white man who had on both a BLM T-shirt and a MAGA — Make America Great Again — hat. …
Justice, equality and freedom are elusive, by Charlene Crowell
The Aug. 23 police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wis., triggered yet another round of community protests and national news coverage.