Job Too Dangerous: State Spends $445 Million on Overtime and National Guard in Jails
The prison staffing crisis in New York is not just a budget issue or labor dispute—it is a failure of state leadership. By ceding...
Black Cities, Black Mayors, Same Broken Outcomes
This Labor Day weekend in Chicago, at least 52 people were shot, and seven were killed. Three separate mass shootings took place in Humboldt...
Uncle Nearest Teaches a Black Business Lesson
When Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey burst onto the scene, it was more than just another brand. It was a victory for culture, for history,...
Institutions vs. Illusions: Trump’s Order, New York’s Mental Health Failure, and the Cost to Black Communities
Compassion without results is not compassion. It is waste. And nowhere is that waste clearer than in New York’s mental health system.
For decades, New...
Why Marching on Wall Street Misses the Mark in Black Economics
The National Action Network’s call for a March on Wall Street, led by Rev. Al Sharpton, is rooted in a tradition of protest that...
