On Monday, March 7, Congress approved legislation banning lynching and making it a federal hate crime. It has only taken 200 attempts to approve such legislation. The bill now goes to President Biden to sign into law. On April 26, 2018, I attended the opening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s…

The more they accuse Ketanji Brown Jackson of misconduct, the more they expose their racist intentions — Soon, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be confirmed as America's first Black woman Supreme Court Justice. And given the support of the Democratic Party, Republicans cannot stop her ascension. But that hasn't stopped conservative White senators from throwing a series of baseless critiques against the wall to see what could stick.

We were 40-some-odd bald heads and Army-regulation hair buns sitting neatly, like ducks in a row, in the far end of a “bay” of 60 bunk beds. Most of us were 17; not even one was over 30. …

His latest speech was just as alarming as previous speeches — Donald Trump gave the United States a lesson in dog-whistles. What they sound like, who they appeal to, and how they are often translated into hateful attacks against Black people, Latinos, and other people of color. The speeches were there. If you didn’t learn from them it’s because you chose…

He may break with Trump on Putin, but his visit to Israel this week shows nothing else has changed — Last week, former Vice President Mike Pence told a group of Republican donors that,“There is no room in this party for apologists for Putin. There is only room for champions of freedom.” …

When the refugees are blonde-haired and blue-eyed, the reception is very, very different. — Like virtually every person in the free world, I’m pulling for the citizens of Ukraine. Their plight is the real-life embodiment of David versus Goliath — good versus evil. I find myself pulling for them, despite their ridiculously long odds. What is especially compelling to observe is the evolution of…

No other Black person is more qualified to protect racist corporations than the former Attorney General — In spite of her family’s deep southern roots and a career spelled by a Catwoman-like balance as both civil rights-leaning prosecutor and politico darling, Loretta Elizabeth Lynch stands today as the biggest shield for institutional racism on a corporate level. …

The GOP keeps saying the quiet part out loud. — A few weeks back, Republican Senator Ted Cruz stuck his foot in his mouth, calling Biden's pledge to nominate a Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court "offensive" and "an insult to Black women." …