Community Engagement Is Necessary to Guide Greenburgh Central School District’s FutureLETTER TO THE EDITOR: As the parent of a child in the Greenburgh Central School District, I am deeply troubled by the Board of...
Girls of Color are being Disenfranchised by the Juvenile Justice SystemThe number of girls of color in the Juvenile Justice system has reached such an alarming level that it qualifies as a public health...
Wealth gap costs over last two decades: $2.7 trillion in Black income, $16 trillion to U.S. EconomyAmerica’s persistent racial income and wealth gaps are the result of four intertwined factors: housing, education, business ownership and...
BROKEN FAITH Black people occupy a place between hope and despair. We hope our nation will keep its promises – that all people are created equal, that...
Campaign’s “Deterrence” Strategy Should Motivate Every Black American To Vote In Defiance“Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negroes. Every...
2020 Census Update: Keep Calm and Response RatesFor the people in the back, the 2020 Census deadline is Oct. 31; not Sept. 30. On Oct. 1, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy H. Koh issued...
What’s at Stake with Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee: Health Care and Civil RightsRepublicans’ rush to fill the vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat before the election is a terrible threat to Black people’s civil rights and...