Commentary

Time to get smart on crime

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 09:50 Benjamin Todd Jealous

The United States has five percent of the world's people but twenty-five percent of the world's prisoners. For the sake of our families and future we must do better.

The State of Equality and Justice in America: No one can change the change

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 10:06 Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq.

The state of equality and justice in America is shameful-especially since the election of President Barack Obama. Unlike many of my friends who think America is going to hell in a hand basket, and have given up thinking things will get better for those who've been marginalized for so long, I still have hope for a better day.

Employment gap creates economic divide

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 10:03 Benjamin Todd Jealous

Coming the day after the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the new unemployment numbers show that unemployment is still high - and remains much higher for African Americans.

The State of Equality and Justice in America: The Federal Government must step up

Wednesday, 10 April 2013 12:50 Wade Henderson

Forty years ago, the Supreme Court created an unmitigated disaster for our nation's school children when it ruled on the case of San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez.

The State of Equality and Justice in America: Masters of our own fate

Wednesday, 10 April 2013 11:37 Marc Morial

"It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared." - Whitney M. Young

$250k a year: Rich or not rich?

Wednesday, 10 April 2013 11:12 Dedrick Muhammad, Sr. Director of NAACP Economic Department

How much should you earn to be considered middle class? To be considered rich? Pinning down clear numbers is more complicated than you might think. During his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney stirred controversy when he grouped households earning $250,000 with the middle class. Rich and poor are relative terms, and our judgment of these categories is often informed by feeling, not fact.

A year later, Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings

Tuesday, 09 April 2013 10:49 Benjamin Todd Jealous

One year later, the Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings - and some people are still throwing salt on the open wound. Last week George Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, posted a tweet comparing Trayvon Martin to De'Marquis Elkins, 17-year-old Black teenager charged with fatally shooting a one-year-old baby.