Perspectives
Defending our voice of comfort and love
The service at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn was a special moment for Black people and countless others who were touched by the...
Editorial: Warnings, Signs of a World Power Under Judgment
Before a global shutdown ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered a vital message as the Nation of Islam...
The Month of Ramadan: A Time of Reflection and Self-Correction
by Sultan Rahman Muhammad | @ImamSultanM | Guest Columnist According to calculations, the lunar Month of Ramadan will begin on the night of April 12...
Editorial: Murder in Minneapolis
Tears from a Black teenage girl. Anger from a Black child. A guilt-ridden young, Black, male store clerk. Weeping from a 60-year-old Black man....
No rights a White man is bound to respect or protect?
If voting is the foundation of democracy and a sacred right of the citizens of any nation, the explosion of coverage about recent changes...
Kind words can’t save a troubled nation
A year after the Covid-19 pandemic struck, President Joe Biden delivered a prime time address from the White House and offered a much different...
America: Unraveling and at War with Herself
The Bible asks if Satan casts out Satan how can his kingdom stand? It can’t. And America seems headed down that fateful and prophetic course...
Uighur Muslims and My Black Struggle
As someone others have tried to label not a “true Muslim, ” it’s amazing how deeply I feel the struggle of Muslims around the...
Race, Rats and Revolutionaries: Flippin’ the Switch on the Snitch Myth
“Can’t win a debate, so they sponsor every threat to me. I wonder if Agent 800 is standing next to me?” Immortal Technique (from...
Performers, producers, paternalism and Black-Jewish relations
There is a new Black-Jewish coalition in town and it’s composed of 170 entertainment leaders who purport to oppose racism and anti-Semitism in the...