Opinion

The need for life-saving organ transplants is high in Black communities across the nation. Compared to other racial and ethnic groups, Black individuals are disproportionately affected by the health conditions that lead to organ failure, especially kidney disease, which often results in the need for a transplant.

Discrimination has always been part of the development of societies and often takes various forms. For example, racism, xenophobia, sexual orientation, gender-based discriminations, color, HIV status, and religious and political affiliations have become commonplace in discriminating against minorities.

So much is wrongheaded about the misguided effort of Elon Musk and his crew to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. It’s hard to know where to start.

African American life in the U.S. is primarily depicted as a struggle devoid of romantic love rather than a radical act of living, liberation, and loving families. Under the tyranny of colonization, slavery, Jim Crow, and simple everyday life, how do we have time for love?

On a Sunday evening in late February 2012, I gathered around the TV with my family in Los Angeles to watch the NBA All-Star Game. In Sanford, Florida, a continent away, a teenage boy named Trayvon Martin was also getting ready to watch the game, and like most 17-year-olds, he wanted some snacks for the matchup. He put on a hoodie and headed to the convenience store for a pack of Skittles and a can of Arizona Iced Tea

Historically, Black Americans have largely been shut out of America’s healthcare system, first as patients, then as professionals. This was due in large part to a variety of long-standing institutional and systematic bigotry that has taken place over many years.

There’s so much going on right now that it’s impossible to keep track of it all, and that’s the point. They want us to be overwhelmed so we can’t keep up or fight back, but today, I want to give you 10 action steps you can take to stay engaged, make a difference, and protect your peace.

It seems that with the recent administration’s focus on eliminating [DEI] initiatives, there are a plethora of corporations that are falling in line and, although to some it’s not surprising, it is certainly causing mixed conversations in our community.

It didn’t take long for newly installed President Trump to launch his promised war on undocumented immigrants.

In the United States, 42 million people are living in poverty. There are 7.3 million women in this country who are single moms and almost 40% of households headed by single mothers are experiencing poverty.

Donald Trump has issued a new memorandum to carry out his Inauguration Day executive order eliminating federal DEIA programs, by placing DEI employees on federal leave.

Better late than never. The old saying, a favorite of parents, certainly applies to Joe Biden’s pardon of Marcus Garvey on the 46th president’s last full day in office.