Pride, Prejudice, and Power
June is Pride month in the United States. In big cities and small communities, LGBTQ+ people and their friends, families, and allies will celebrate freedom and progress toward full equality.
Benjamin Jealous's Latest Articles
Watch the Jan. 6 Hearings: Getting the truth is the first step in holding people accountable
Some extremely important truth-telling is happening in Washington, D.C. right now.
Gun Safety & Public Safety: We Should Not Tolerate Continued Inaction
The mass killings at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 10 days after the white supremacist killings in Buffalo, New York, are further evidence of how deeply our society is broken, and how urgently we need to figure out how to begin fixing it.
Racist ‘Replacement’ Rhetoric is Deadly and Republicans Must Stop Using It
The young man who murdered 10 people in Buffalo, New York on May 14, was out to kill Black people. He chose a grocery store because he wanted to leave the local Black community in fear of going about their daily lives.
Pay Attention Roe v. Wade & the Far Right’s Extreme Plans
Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country.
A New Dream Team of Federal Judges
This judicial Dream Team will make our courts more representative of the American people. As judges, they will make our system more just
An Extraordinary Life, Linking Past and Present
I was trained to fight by my grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd. She would often remind me, “Pessimists are right more often, but optimists win more often.”
Black Americans and the Worldwide Principles of Democracy
Anti-democratic authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas. That’s especially true at moments like this when Vladimir Putin’s military is killing civilians in Ukraine to feed his ambitions for greater power and is crushing any effort at dissent or truth-telling in his native Russia.
From Selma to the Supreme Court,
We Are Still Making History
Our country’s history is in part a history of struggle to achieve hard-won progress toward more universal access to rights and opportunities.