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J. Pharoah Doss: Republicans Don’t Think Culture is a Problem All of a Sudden

J. Pharoah Doss - January 14, 2025

In 2004, the NAACP invited Bill Cosby to speak on the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board school desegregation decision. Cosby...

Op-Ed: GOP Senator’s Husband Refuses To Shake Kamala Harris’ Hand, Proves Classless Mindset Of MAGA Supporters

A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor - January 7, 2025

In what should have been a moment where politics were put aside, the nation was, again, reminded of the ugliness of MAGA supporters. During...

J. Pharoah Doss: Biden’s lame duck death penalty one-upmanship

J. Pharoah Doss - January 7, 2025

Getty Images Stock Photo Lame duck: an elected official continuing to hold political office during the period between the election and the inauguration of a...

J. Pharoah Doss: Did Good Samaritans deadlock the Danial Penny Jury?

J. Pharoah Doss - December 24, 2024

Daniel Penny was arraigned on May 12 on a charge of second-degree manslaughter of Jordan Neely. Penny was acquitted of the crime this month...

A Better Discussion Guide: Finding Common Ground Around the Holiday Dinner Table

Atlanta Daily World - December 18, 2024

By Ben Jealous The holidays are a time for coming together. We should not just be coming together physically to drive us further apart mentally,...

J. Pharoah Doss: Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus

J. Pharoah Doss - December 16, 2024

In 1989, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, and Andre Braugher starred in the American Civil War film Glory. The movie was about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry...

Corporations Face Backlash For Ending DEI Initiatives While Using Black Celebs For Advertising

A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor - December 13, 2024

Corporations that have decided to end DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives are facing a backlash from civil rights organizations and the public. Following the...

J. Pharoah Doss: The once and future Democratic Party

J. Pharoah Doss - December 9, 2024

“Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States. His unexpected win has finally electrified American liberals and leftists. They are busily planning...

J. Pharoah Doss: Does Biden’s Native American boarding school apology make a difference?

J. Pharoah Doss - December 3, 2024

First- and second-grade students sit in a classroom at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Genoa, Neb. Researchers are now trying to locate...

J. Pharoah Doss: With an intelligentsia like this who needs idiots?

J. Pharoah Doss - November 25, 2024

Several Black political commentators consider themselves the "talented tenth." W.E.B. Dubois coined the term "talented tenth" at the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1865...

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