Commentary

Robert Parris Moses, who passed away this week at the age of 86, is the foremost civil rights activist most Americans have never heard of. He died on the 80th birthday of Emmett Till, the black boy lynched…

Lawyers, judges, bureaucrats, and bean counters across New Mexico all have an interest in what happened on the streets of Santa Fe in the past month.The accumulation of gunfights in the area involving…

The man best known for popularizing the term “black power” always replied with the words “Ready for Revolution”.Stokely Carmichael answered the phone in this manner to recognize his role in the sacred…

We raise 11 children between our two families.Under the American Families Plan, we could start raising up to $ 33,600 per year in child payments. Had that plan gone into effect when we became mothers, we…

Throughout our nation's history, civil rights movements across the country have had to fight to win victories for the disenfranchised. And one of the most important civil rights issues of our time is the struggle for statehood in the…

Black voters who elected President Joe Biden hoped for real change. We get it.Kristen Clarke is one of the most effective civil rights attorneys in the country. She has addressed issues such as police…

“They told me that no one had the right to go where I was going. There is no way to measure the impact of these letters on me, but I like to think that each of them added another home run to my total. "Aaron, a Hall of Famer, had talked…