Commentary: Jesse Jackson’s message of hope lives on
It feels right that he died during Black History Month, because he was Black history.
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UPDATED: Why Paid Digital Is The Only Strategy Left For Our Beleaguered Newspapers
There was a time not too many years ago when nearly every newspaper except The Wall Street Journal made its journalism freely available online. This was… -
Parkland Shooting Reveals An Ongoing Racial Reality
Nobody wants to acknowledge it because it is an uncomfortable reminder of the nation’s racial reality. A glaring truth that does not reflect the melting… -
4 Specific Prescriptions For Ending The Public Health Crisis Around Guns?
On Valentine’s Day, in Parkland, Florida the unthinkable happened. Two weeks later, we’re now seeing something long thought impossible: genuine cracks in… -
Behold The Irrelevance Of The #NeverTrump Right
Is it possible to be more politically irrelevant than #NeverTrump conservatives? From the moment that Donald Trump began his presidential campaign, the… -
Charters, Unions, And Public School Funding
In the midst of the 2016 ballot initiative campaign about whether to raise the state cap on charter schools, opponents questioned whether charters even… -
Right-Wing Venom Positioned To Leach Into Massachusetts
Several months ago, I dialed into a member organizing call for the National Stop Elizabeth Warren Committee, a Super PAC actively recruiting on… -
Remembering Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, MLK's Right-Hand Man
When Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker died last month, I paused to acknowledge the man and his lifetime of fighting against discrimination. The 88-year-old pastor… -
When The Criminal Justice System Can't Admit A Mistake: The James Rodwell Case
Big institutions hate to admit when they are wrong. Big government is as bad as big business. But when the criminal justice system balks at admitting…
