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Rev. Jackson Lifted All of Us Higher

February 19, 2026 admin 0

By Ben Jealous 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 who carried forward the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther […]

February Is About Loving Too

February 11, 2026 admin 0

By Ben Jealous We keep Black History Month on one shelf and Valentine’s Day on another. One is supposed to be about pain and struggle. The other about flowers and pastel sugary hearts. Public remembrance of the most important Supreme […]

Millions of adults are consuming less water than the recommended daily allowance - with one in 10 admitting they never drink it. PHOTO BY PIXABAY/PEXELS

When Big Tech’s Thirst Threatens Our Health, We Must Demand Better

December 18, 2025 admin 0

By Ben Jealous In Morrow County, Oregon, families are living through a crisis. According to a Rolling Stone investigation, mothers have suffered miscarriages. Neighbors are battling rare cancers. Local officials have raised concerns about dangerously elevated nitrate levels in the […]

Surprised by the Headlines About White Men and College?

December 10, 2025 admin 0

By Ben Jealous Time for a Reality Check (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The headlines this month about White men, college admissions, and the fallout from ending affirmative action startled a lot of people. Stories of declining enrollment and shrinking opportunity for young White men […]

The Liberty in Laundry Act Sounds Like a Joke. Sadly It’s Not.

December 24, 2024 admin 0

By Ben Jealous The incoming Trump administration is supposedly interested in “efficiency.” It has a whole quasigovernmental department – the Elon Musk- and Vivek Ramaswamy-chaired Department of Government Efficiency – purportedly ready to take aim at government waste. So why […]

Reclaiming “Tree Hugger”

April 22, 2024 admin 0

By Ben Jealous Most people think of “tree hugger” as a casual insult for a certain kind of environmentalist. The term actually has a proud history. It is time to take it back. In 1730, 363 members of Bishnois branch […]

Ensuring Our Right to Invest in the Next Generation’s Future

April 14, 2023 admin 0

By Ben Jealous If a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials “ESG,” and fewer than one in 10 will understand what they mean for financial […]

Accountability: An Insurrectionist Removed from Office

September 17, 2022 admin 0

By Ben Jealous A New Mexico judge has done the country a big favor. Judge Francis Mathew upheld a little-known provision of the U.S. Constitution and removed a public official for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. I hope […]

The New Diversity Approaches Corporations Need

April 7, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off

Standard diversity and inclusion programs have proved largely useless, but experts say there’s a chance for change.
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Breaking The Mold: Higher Education Pivots Amid Pandemic

April 17, 2020 admin Comments Off

By Zillah Fluker, Ph.D. and Staci Jones Sweeping across the globe at a rapid pace, the COVID-19 pandemic has left society scrambling in its wake and has exposed faults and incongruences in many long-standing systems. Particularly hard hit are industries […]