Black Trump Supporters Declare Their Independence From The Democratic Party
Growing numbers of non-white conservatives and libertarians suggest Democrats might be losing their monopoly on the minority vote.
Aretha Franklin Taught The World About Rising Above Your Troubles With Joy
In passing, Aretha Franklin stands as a reminder that our love for each other can be improved so much more effectively through joy rather than hate.
Aretha Franklin, Queen Of Soul, Dies At 76
Today, at the age of 76, Aretha Franklin passed away among friends and family at her home in Detroit. Franklin had been battling advanced pancreatic cancer.
If We’re Going To Have A Racial Double Standard, It Should Be About Black Americans Only
No other group—not Hispanics, Muslims, or anyone else—have faced what black Americans have. Race in America is not about people of color. It’s about black people.
Michigan’s Underdog Senate Primary Winner John James Offers A Bright Future For Voters And Republicans
Ignoring the Michigan race as an easy win for an incumbent Democrat is a mistake, with several factors making this a contest to watch.
Montreal Jazz Festival Bans Musical For Allowing White Woman To Sing Slave Songs
Rather than allow a white woman to perform a cultural touchstone of America, protesters shut it down. What a disservice that is to the creators of these works.
Lefty Gentrification Of Washington DC Brings Negatives For Black Residents
Some of the trends defining urban readjustment in Washington suggest the liberal technocratic elite are often indifferent to the needs of their black neighbors.
Study Finds Marriage, Church Attendance Improve Black Men’s Economic Success
‘Many African-Americans think that poverty and incarceration are endemic to black men. However, most black men will marry, work, and not be arrested,’ says a study author.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Writes An Incoherent, Divisive Attack On Kanye West
Ta-Nehisi Coates is asking Kanye West to embrace his take on race relations. Kanye is saying no.
The Contradiction At The Heart Of Achieving Racial Justice In America
Anders Walker’s thoughtful new book, ‘The Burning House,’ examines a tough question: Can we achieve real equality while preserving African-Americans’ strong cultural identity that was forged in violence and oppression?
The Bicentennial Of His Birth Is The Perfect Time To Get Better Acquainted With American Hero Frederick Douglass
Douglass called out the horrors of slavery by affirming founding principles. Now leading voices in government and culture illuminate why his ideas matter today.
Kanye West Unloads On Identity Politics As ‘Self-Victimization’ And ‘Slavery’
The controversial music star unloads on race-to-the-bottom politics, proclaims ‘self victimization is a disease.’
Serena Williams Swings But Misses With Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
Sex- and race-based discrimination are not necessarily behind the pay gap for black women, but rather the honorable career choices that they make to help others including their families.
One Year After Philando Castile’s Death, 4 Black Christian Leaders Share Why It Still Haunts Them
Black voices from across America offer their views on this tragedy, and what we can learn as we share in the family’s grief.
No, Willie Parker, Jesus Would Not Kill Babies In The Womb
That one could claim to represent Jesus by helping ‘desperate women’ snuff out the life in their wombs is doublespeak right from the pages of ‘1984.’
Black Graduates Do Themselves And Americans No Favors By Booing Betsy DeVos
It does not matter what your opinion is of Betsy DeVos, booing her during a speech is disrespectful and intellectually lazy.
Music Legend Ella Fitzgerald Proves Cultural Appropriation Complaints Are Vapid
Amid the Ella Fitzgerald centennial celebrations, few note that she revived her career by consciously ‘whitening’ her vocal style in her nine Songbook albums.
Sage Steele Is Right To Confront Black Americans’ Stubborn Leftism
ESPN reporter and anchor Sage Steele isn’t afraid to stand against identity politics by critiquing leftist political ideas and representatives. Will black Americans listen?
Turning Martin Luther King Jr. Into An Anti-America Revolutionary Diminishes His Power
If we cannot resolve the tensions inside Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideas, then we are compelled to judge which represents the best of his thought and action.