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© Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol. April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC.As President Biden wrapped up a 65-minute joint address to Congress to mark his administration's first 100 days, what was shared in the lead-up to his speech sowed discord over the entire affair: Sure enough, the President delivered on this. Opening his address, Biden stated, "I took the oath of office — lifted my hand off our family Bible — and inherited a nation in crisis. The worst pandemic in a century. The worst e...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today is widely acknowledged as a hero, a martyr in the long struggle to end racial prejudice and inequality in America. But during his lifetime King provoked far more contempt than admiration, especially by a power structure that viewed him as a threat to the established order and white hegemony.

The killing of George Floyd and the economic devastation of COVID-19 have sparked a resurgence of Jewish engagement with the Black community. There is an opportunity to build on a century of civil rights work and philanthropy. In the early 20th century, Julius Rosenwald contributed to building more than 5,300 schools for Black children and over 30 YMCAs, supported Tuskegee Institute and other historically Black colleges and universities, built housing developments for Blacks, and helped support individual Black educational opportunities—funding a long list of Blacks such as James Weldon Joh...

I see the increasingly valuable Revolver.news has posted an astute and incisive essay by Scott M. Greer on the Harriet Tubman/$20 bill atrocity: Revolver.news, February 4th, 2021. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated. “It’s important that our notes, our money … reflect the history and diversity of our country… Tubman is a “role model for leadership and participation in our democracy.” As Greer succinctly demonstrates, this is ludicrous: Jackson is one of the most consequential figures in American history. He was a war hero, a conqueror, a genuine populist who fought for...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:29 UTC Martin Luther King Jr. day has been celebrated every January 18 since it was a made a national holiday through the tireless efforts of Martin’s widow Coretta in 1983. While many people take the opportunity to treat Martin's life as a pre-packaged hallmark card of cliché speeches, far too few take the time to fully appreciate not only the depth of his understanding of the multifaceted evils plaguing society but also his brilliant plans, methods and vision for creative problem solving which touched on far more than the single issue of "civil rights" for which he is...