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By Ben Jealous COMMENTARY America’s student debt system is failing millions of people. About 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion. More than 5 million have already gone more […]

By Raynard Jackson OPINION I have been writing for decades that radical liberal Black Democrats are their own worst enemy. It is even more pronounced when it comes to radical […]

ties in health care, education, and economic opportunity, and later helped raise funds for Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, a first-rate facility for Black patients in Columbia. At the same time, she […]

By Ben Jealous EDITORIAL Recently, I drove from my father’s birthplace in Biddeford, Maine, to my mother’s birthplace in Petersburg, Virginia. Two different towns. Two different states. Two different regions. […]

By Raynard Jackson During the past couple of months, I have undertaken an informal experiment with many of my friends who are media appointed leaders of all the top Black […]

By Tenita Abraham Technology & AI When most people think about artificial intelligence, they imagine futuristic labs, global technology companies, or Silicon Valley engineers. But the story of innovation did […]

Guest Commentary One of the great strengths of our movement is that our leaders do more than inspire young people — they keep the door open for them. The leaders […]

By Jaidyn McKinnie American democracy is entering a dangerous stage of decline. While coverage focuses largely on the most recognizable signs of democratic backsliding, such as attacks on free speech […]

By Ben Jealous COMMENTARY Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson has emerged as a clarion voice for American democracy in turbulent times. The values he represents reflect the voters who elected him. […]

The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming the state’s voting laws unlawfully restrict access for voters with disabilities. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. […]