Houston Black farmers are leading food justice efforts by addressing food deserts, growing fresh produce, and building community-based solutions rooted in equity and self-reliance.
Aswad Walker
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An attack on Black people is an attack on democracy
This op-ed argues that Black Americans and democracy are bound together. Black struggle built and defended U.S. democracy, yet benefits often bypass Black communities. The question now is where the fight should go next.
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Why America is currently in a constitutional crisis
America’s constitutional crisis is not looming — it is here. Voting rights, due process, and the rule of law are under siege.
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Why an Iran/U.S. war should concern Black folk
A possible war with Iran reminds us that Black Americans have long borne the brunt of violence — both abroad in combat and at home in the form of racialized attacks. Bombs don’t discriminate, but systems do.
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Ben Crump calls NNPA, Black press to save Black people
Ben Crump called on the Black press and NNPA to empower Black people with truthful information during the Trump era, highlighting the need for media to lead the way in protecting Black rights and addressing challenges such as rising drug prices and voter suppression.
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Things we must do to ensure Black survival
Black people must take radical responsibility, impose consequences on those who mistreat us, build institutional power, reject “Slave Christianity”, and embrace Black joy in order to secure a powerful, self-determining reality.
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Let’s give self-determination a try
Black people are awakening to the need for self-determination as the only viable path forward for their collective well-being, as the current approach of seeking entrance and acceptance into the larger U.S. society has proven to be unsuccessful.
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Black America, let’s plan for the next 100 years
The Republican Party has been planning for the next century of American apartheid for decades, while the Democratic Party must begin planning for the next century of progress and equality.
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Has Donnie Swaggart lost his mind? More important, have we?
Donnie Swaggart, son of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, has criticized the Black Church for not adhering to “biblical values”, but his views are rooted in the history of white “Christians” using Christianity to justify slavery and attempt to pacify Blacks against working in their own best interests.
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Capitalism is not a God-ordained economic system
Capitalism is an economic system that has been criticized by Black scholars and activists for its purposeful mistreatment of Black people, and Malaika Jabali hopes to wake us from our cultish stupor and find another way.