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Democratic socialists aren’t the only young, progressive Democrats dividing the party

by Charlie Hunt, Boise State University A number of recent high-profile congressional primaries in the Democratic Party have resulted in the nomination of unexpected candidates....

Dignitaries, celebrities pack funeral for Khadijah Farrakhan, wife of Minister Louis Farrakhan

By Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader Mother Khadijah Farrakhan was given a grand sendoff in Chicago, where dignitaries, celebrities and members of the Nation of Islam celebrated...

IN MEMORIAM: Tony Brown Gave Black America an Uncompromising Voice

Tony Brown poses in front of the Tony Brown's Journal logo. Brown, who died June 17 at age 93, transformed Black public affairs television...

J. Pharoah Doss: Black mother’s greatest fear—the conviction rate or the clearance rate crisis?

  by J. Pharoah Doss In 2025, Karmelo Anthony, a 17-year-old Black high school student, stabbed and killed Austin Metcalf, a White 17-year-old high school student,...

David Marshall: Teenagers and young adults need to stay informed

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—During President Trump’s recent state visit to China, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made reference to the “Thucydides Trap” when describing the United States and...

30 years after ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jay‑Z’s career embodies hip‑hop’s biggest contradictions

by Jabari M. Evans, University of South Carolina “Reasonable Doubt” was not the first rap album I ever owned. But Jay-Z’s debut was the first...

Power, pleasure and patriarchy: why The Polygamist on Netflix is captivating viewers

Grace Khunou, University of South Africa The Polygamist is a Netflix series that has soared up the streaming platform’s charts and triggered a global conversation...

Dr. Wilmer Leon: The “Democratic Socialist”: It’s the Message Not the Messenger

by Dr. Wilmer Leon (TriceEdneyWire.com) - “In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so...

Robert Hill: July 4th and the slave

HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET by Robert Hill “What, to an American slave, is your 4th of July?” Abolitionist Frederick Douglass eloquently posed that contradiction in a speech...

America, time to stop acting brand new — we’ve got unfinished business

by ELINOR TATUM, AmNews Publisher and Editor-in-Chief and MADISON J. GRAY, Executive Editor On April 14, 1865, celebrated stage actor and über-racist John Wilkes Booth slipped into President...

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