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J. Pharoah Doss: Solving the ‘clearance rate crisis’ is a fool’s errand?

  by J. Pharoah Doss Decade after decade progressives and conservatives argued over whether systemic factors or cultural dysfunctions were more detrimental to Black communities. The...

As Route 66 turns 100, what is it that we’re actually celebrating?

In 1946, when Nat King Cole recorded “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66,” Cole and his band were unable to get their own “kicks”...

Top 10 moments of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

By Itoro N. Umontuen, Black Press USa Sunday, Spain captured its second World Cup title after a dramatic 1-0 extra-time victory over Argentina. But La Roja’s...

Julianne Malveaux: HBCUs are still the vanguard

by Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com)—This week I am thinking about what it means to go back to school in a country that still rations opportunity. The...

Cynthia A. Baldwin: The rape of America

Let me be clear from the beginning. There are no sexual connotations to this commentary. Merriam Webster also has this definition for rape: “An...

To Be Equal: The Bicentennial was healing. ‘Freedom 250’ was a narcissistic embarrasment.

by Marc Morial “The 1976 celebration was a more vital and happy one because of a broad belief that two years earlier the system had...

Most Americans prefer to die at home, but the US healthcare system often prevents it

by Karen Lutfey Spencer, University of Colorado Denver and Jane Callahan, North Carolina Central University Ask people what they want at the end of their...

Taxi Driver at 50: how Martin Scorsese’s film foreshadowed the manosphere

by Nathan Abrams, Bangor University As plumes of steam rise and dissipate from the grates of New York in the opening frames of Taxi Driver,...

200 years after his birth, controversial composer Stephen Foster still sings to America’s contradictions

by Christopher Lynch, University of Pittsburgh The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence happens to also coincide with the 200th birthday of composer Stephen...

Children’s books about Black people’s everyday, joyful lives are sometimes banned – but they help all kids explore what it means to be human

by Wintre Foxworth Johnson, University of Virginia; Brooke Harris Garad, Butler University; Jennifer D. Turner, University of Maryland, and Tiffany D. Meadows, University of...

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