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What our country desperately needs is a leader who loves us
Americans have been treated with contempt for so long that we have become inured to our own society’s suffering by Alice Walker I remember seeing a picture of Fidel Castro in a parade with lots of...
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Bringing democracy to Amerikkka
Editorial by Willie Ratcliff With Black youth on the front lines this election season, along with all youth plus older Blacks and other people of color, the struggle for real democracy can finally...
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America’s sixth child
by Marian Wright Edelman On the day he died, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called his mother to give her his next Sunday’s sermon title: “Why America May Go to Hell.” In his 1968 call for a Poor People’s...
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Mapping the war on the right to vote
Our nation’s democracy is in a crisis. We are facing the biggest challenge to our nation since its inception. No, there is not an armed rebellion going on, but, oh, is there a war – a silent,...
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How we can truly honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by Marian Wright Edelman In his last Sunday sermon at Washington National Cathedral, Dr. King retold the parable of the rich man, Dives, who ignored the poor and sick man, Lazarus, who came every day...
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How to end child poverty for 60% of poor children and 72% of poor Black...
by Marian Wright Edelman Poverty hurts children and our nation’s future. This stark statement is backed by years of scientific research, and the more we learn about the brain and its development the...
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The Legacy Museum: From Slavery to Mass Incarceration demands we face the truth
by Wanda Sabir Enslaved Africans “live” in Kwame Akoto-Bamfo’s Nkyinkyim Installation at the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, officially opened in April. – Photo: Wanda Sabir Slavery has indeed...
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California’s chance to lead for poor children
by Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman When I was a young civil rights lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Mississippi, I was called in 1967 to testify before Congress about the...
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