The Institute for Civility is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes civility in government, workplaces and schools. Its definition of civility is “claiming and caring for …

It may be the dead of winter, but when we think about our beaches none of us want to picture them covered in oil. That is true for those of us who live along the water and those who live hundreds of …

Not long after her adopted twins came to live with her in Freeport, Texas, Melanie Oldham saw their health start to decline. Both children were diagnosed with severe asthma. As Oldham sent the …

In case you haven’t noticed, there is an uptick in the war on women. The tragedy is the war isn’t just coming from men. The hatred is coming from every direction. If you didn’t …

Every year, people suffer and even die from preventable or treatable illnesses that hospitals charge too much for the care, and insurers often refuse to pay.

Reflections on God are common right now.   We are about to enter a new year. Many of us are getting ready to celebrate Christmas or Hanukah. With 2024 “virtually …

November 30 is Shirley Chisholm Day in New York, and it’s about time New York, the nation, and indeed the world celebrates this Black woman, the first to be elected to Congress in 1969, just …

With the holiday season is upon us, it seems that our country could not be more divided. That division has been perhaps the main overarching topic of our national conversation in recent years. And it …

“Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you’re labeled a felon, the …

The Vice President ran a beautiful campaign. She worked like a trojan, traveling from city to city, sometimes as many as three or four in a day. She did interviews, town halls, …

Now in its final months, the Biden-Harris administration has a chance to cement its powerful legacy on the environment.

Vice President Kamala Harris is running to be President of the United States on the Democratic ticket. Election Day is tomorrow, Nov. 5. Go vote!

I love election season! I love the act of voting. I’ve been loving it since I was seven and my mom let me pull the lever on her vote for John F. Kennedy in 1960. The voting site was just a …

President and Vice President of the U.S. Kamala Harris Tim Walz U.S. House of Representatives District 1 – Don Davis District 2 – Deborah Ross District 4 …

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author and former president of Bennett College.

There is now just one month to go until Election Day in the United States, and in some states early voting and mail-in voting has already begun. In others, deadlines to register to vote or make sure …

As a board-certified anesthesiologist with more than 29 years of experience, I have dedicated my career to safeguarding lives. In recent years, however, I have witnessed a terrifying shift in our …

“These kind of anti-Black propaganda narratives that the ‘savages are coming to destroy and eat your family’ are really part of the same playbook that goes back hundreds of years. …

As the nation and world commemorate the anniversary of September 11, I remember again that it was a gloriously beautiful morning in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 11, 2001. I saw a glimpse of Dr. …

This time it occurred in Winder, Georgia. Another school shooting with an assault-style rifle, more “thoughts and prayers” and another traumatized community. A 14-year-old student is …

As consumers struggle to cope with mounting debt, a new economic report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York includes an unprecedented glimmer of hope. Although debt for mortgages, credit cards, …

The modern civil rights movement hit a new peak last week in Illinois. It marked the movement coming full circle, in a way, back to the state of its birth more than a century ago. Illinois is …

RALEIGH - As an eventful four-day Democratic National Convention in Chicago comes to an end tonight with Vice President Kamala Harris making history by formally accepting her party’s nomination …

 In 2020, Black voters helped carry President Biden to the White House. But now that the president has done the right thing by stepping aside and passing the torch to Kamala Harris as the …

Vice President Kamala Harris has a political career that is classic textbook. She leveraged her legal training at the University of California into a position in the District Attorney’s office. …