The year 2025 marks the nation’s 39th observance of a national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ironically, the still-beloved minister and martyr was...
Black-led community development financial institutions are positioned to counter systems that create barriers to prosperity. But it takes people committed to racial equity to...
By Birmingham Times The Rev. Frank Dukes, an influential Birmingham Civil Rights Movement leader and President of Miles College’s trailblazing student body in the...
Our current popular culture is filled with combatant noise thereby the words of Lucille “Big Mama” Allen continue to empower and resonate: “Examine what...
By Laura Onyeneho The debate over school choice has triggered heated discussions among policymakers, educators and advocates. Denisha Allen, a senior fellow for the American...
By Mayor Eric Johnson It’s still sinking in: the Texas Rangers are (finally) world champions. The losing seasons, the heart- break, the rebuilds, the...