Perspectives
The United Nations and adding up the cost for reparations
The United Nations recently took up the topic of reparations again for Africa and the Black Diaspora, with activists and advocates declaring it’s time...
Celebrating our children and the art of healing, a perfect match!
Spring brings mild weather, sunshine and gratitude after winter’s reign and it also brings another special event, Match Day. Match Day is when medical...
What was Erykah saying?
Erykah Badu sparked questions by wearing a mohair “booty suit,” as her designer called it, to Billboard’s annual Women in Music event. The outfit...
Empowering bad policing in a troubled city
In a country where time is often spent majoring in minor things, issues that should be placed on an elevated level are ignored or...
You can’t have peace without removing the peacebreaker
Do you really think you can reason with murderers? Israel broke the Gaza ceasefire, which was a cruel farce, and restarted its operations to destroy...
Eid: Accept Your Own
“He indeed is successful who purifies himself, And remembers the name of his Lord, then prays.”—Holy Qu’ran 87:14-15 'Id Mubarak! This Holy Month of Ramadan, we...
Israel’s genocide and America’s bloody hands
As expected, the settler state of Israel is again slaughtering Palestinians in the streets of Gaza, breaking a so-called ceasefire that was never about...
The Month of Ramadan: A Sign of the Resurrection in a time of Darkness
“Surely, We revealed it on the Night of Majesty—And what will make thee comprehend what the Night of Majesty is? The Night of Majesty...
Gaza, student protests and persecution
There has been a flood of coverage of the case of Mahmoud Khalil, who was arrested and shipped to Louisiana after the Trump administration...
No time to be silent
“We wish to plead our own cause; For too long others have spoken for us, now we speak for ourselves.”—John Brown Russwurm and Samuel...