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(Original Caption) 10/30/1967-Atlanta, GA: Dr. Martin Luther King (R), his wife, and King's brother, Rev. A.D. King, answer newsmen's questions at the airport as the civil rights leader departs for Birmingham to begin serving a five-day jail sentence in connection with the 1963 demonstrations in the Alabama city.

Beyond Racism, Materialism, and Militarism

by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad January 16, 2026January 16, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 8: Protesters gather in Minneapolis after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minnesota, United States on January 8, 2026. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

This Is the America Black People Have Always Known

by Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier January 8, 2026January 8, 2026

David G. Brown, political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Sentinel, the city’s oldest Black newspaper, reflects on the art of racial dissent. An exhibit at the Watts Towers showcases his work.

Capturing America’s Racial Zeitgeist, One Week at a Time

by Erin Aubry Kaplan January 6, 2026January 6, 2026

Trump’s Erasure Campaign Reaches Langston Golf Course

by The Washington Informer January 2, 2026January 5, 2026

USPS blue mailbox

USPS Postmark Change Raises New Risks for Voters and Patients

by The Washington Informer January 2, 2026January 5, 2026

The dismantling of affirmative action in college admissions has had an unforeseen consequence: fewer white men are getting into college. Less educated white men are President Donald Trump's core constituency; a policy that creates more of them plays into the hands of the age-old "pickpocket" strategy of conservative elites.

D.E.Irony: Fewer White Men in College Keeps MAGA in Power

by Rann Miller December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

An activist holds a U.S. flag during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a major case concerning a congressional map that created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

In Redistricting Wars, Black and Brown Voters Stand to Lose

by Shaylyn Cochran and Rob Weiner December 18, 2025December 18, 2025

We have to call out the increasingly blatant bigotry of the right — like President Trump’s calling Somali Americans “garbage” — or risk accepting it as the new normal.

I Wanted the Holidays to Drown Out Trump. Then Came Another Racist Rant

by Erin Aubry Kaplan December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

What’s in a Coin?

by Frances Murphy (Toni) Draper December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

Jasmine Crockett

Can She Win? Jasmine Crockett Believes She Can Be the Next Texas Senator

by Houston Defender December 10, 2025December 10, 2025