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COMMENTARY: From Chains to Change — Frederick Douglass’ Question Still Echoes Across America’s 250-Year Journey

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When abolitionist Frederick Douglass rose to speak on July 5, 1852, he did not come to celebrate America’s independence. He came...

COMMENTARY: The Basis of Freedom: Reclaiming Land as an Act of Liberation

I often look to our Ancestors to guide my service to the Black community today. They connect me to the movement that has been...

EDITORIAL: The Orlando Advocate’s Continuing Commitment to Its Readers

Today's edition represents more than the publication of yet another newspaper. To each of us here it marks the beginning of a renewed...

OP-Ed: The Place Where the Rainbow Never Ends

A brick, a beach, and a lesson that never stopped moving By Ben Jealous (TriceEdneyWire.com) - There is an old man in the movement who still...

OP-ED: Indiana — Stop Playing Politics with Kids’ Food

Author: Rep. Andre Carson (Dem-IN) In Indiana, over 650,000 kids are without consistent meals this summer because the state opted out of an important...

OP-ED: A Nation That Forgets Its History Is Bound

When we forget the first fights over voting rights, we forget who profits when the many are divided. By Ben Jealous Voting rights is back in...

Nobody Likes a Bully: Let’s primary them all.

We've all experienced bullies. From the neighborhood to the schoolhouse, black, white, rich and poor, we've all either been bullied once or twice or...

COMMENTARY: Faith Without the Noise

I was raised Catholic. Not casually Catholic. My mother was the kind of Catholic who went to Mass every day. Faith was not something she...

OpEd: Federal Vaccine Changes Risk Florida Families’ Freedom

Washington is weighing changes to long-standing childhood vaccines -- and Florida parents are paying close attention. In conversations across the state, one thing comes...

OP-ED: Deported Migrants Asked to Come Back to Work the Fields. Really?

As if the world of immigration policies couldn't get any more absurd, the New York Times reported that President Trump is asking deported migrants...

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