Commentary

Universally Speaking with Rahim Islam The Black community is “out of position” because our foundation – the Black family – has been broken by design. The Black family is out of position because the black man and the black woman are out of position by design. As a Black man, I too am out of…

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By Rahim Islam Along with more than 60-70 others, I have been working very hard to advance this movement that we call the Philadelphia Community of Leaders (PCOL).  We’ve been working in the trenches trying to build the foundation that we pray will be able to carry the weight of the heavy responsibility of doing…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rick Santorum By G. Terry Madonna & Michael L.Young It was quite a run. Since 1968, the Republican presidential nominee has been an incumbent president, incumbent vice president, a former vice president, son of a president or the runner up in the previous presidential primary.  Just being the previous runner- up has been enough…

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By Rahim Islam “And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.  I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths…

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By Altheria Gaston for harriet.com When the grassroots organization, Women on 20s, started an online petition to replace Andrew Jackson with a woman on the 20 dollar bill, many of us were interested, thrilled even, at the possibility of diversifying the current faces on U.S. currency. This week, the campaign revealed a winner: Harriet Tubman!…

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By Sarah E. Johnson “Give me Liberty, or Give me Death! As we approach the May 19 primary, the words Patrick Henry spoke at the Virginia Convention in 1775 and his reason for saying them become more and more important. Among the liberties we enjoy in this country is the freedom to vote and express…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  AG Loretta Lynch (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) Arlington, Virginia Thank you, Beth McGarry, for that very kind introduction, for your exemplary leadership at the Office of Justice Programs and for your steadfast commitment to preventing youth violence and improving public safety.  I also want to thank Karol Mason, our outstanding Assistant Attorney General for…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By Earl Ofari Hutchinson In the days immediately before Loretta Lynch’s confirmation as Attorney General, one of her advisors noted that she felt that law enforcement is good for minority communities. He went further and said that she feels strongly that police and minority…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Firefighters battle a blaze, Monday, April 27, 2015, after rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The current unrest in my hometown of Baltimore didn’t have to happen. But if we don’t as a nation start to address…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cornel West  (Albert H. Teich / Shutterstock.com) and Michael Eric Dyson  (Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com) By Malaika Jabali FOR HARRIET.COM On Sunday, April 19, renowned professor and author Michael Eric Dyson penned a 9,220-word screed lambasting his former mentor Cornel West on The New Republic. The essay is meant to detail West’s decline from…

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