NEWS ANALYSIS: New York Times failed to capture problems facing Black Press
The Times story was published under the headline, “Pillars of Black Media, Once Vibrant, Now Fighting for Survival.” […]
George Curry
OUR VOICE, Guest Editorial: New York Times Black Press story is not fit to print
On the front page of last Sunday’s edition, the New York Times carried a story under the headline, “Pillars of Black Media, Once Vibrant, Now Fighting for Survival.” It was a flawed, shallow critique of the Black Press and, to be blunt, was not fit to print. […]
OUR VOICE, Guest editorial, Demonizing ‘Black Lives Matter’
BY GEORGE CURRY Led by Fox News, conservatives are trying to discredit the #Black Lives Matter Movement by claiming incorrectly that it is a Black hate group that encourages the killing of police officers. […]
Planned attacks on Planned Parenthood
BY GEORGE CURRY Conservatives are attacking Planned Parenthood so viciously that you would be forgiven if you thought that the organization was running for president as a Democrat. It is often said, “The first casualty […]
Julian Bond: A dedicated life of service
The incident that catapulted Bond to international fame was his opposition to the Vietnam War. […]
How to reform the criminal justice system
BY GEORGE CURRY There is no question that the criminal justice system is broken. President Obama made that clear recently in his address to the annual convention of the NAACP in Philadelphia. “The United States […]
The Confederacy’s ‘heritage’ of slavery
BY GEORGE CURRY The disclosure that Dylann Roof, the admitted killer of nine unarmed African Americans attending Bible study at Emanuel A.M.E. Church June 17 in Charleston, S.C., was photographed dozens of times holstering the […]
Confederate traitors don’t deserve to be honored
It is time to bring down the Confederate flag of hate, but we shouldn’t stop there. We should remove the monuments and tributes to the Civil War traitors from public buildings and streets. […]
Proof that the Supreme Court got it wrong in Shelby By George Curry
When the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act nearly two years ago in Shelby County v. Holder, many of us suspected that Chief Justice John Roberts in particular […]
LBJ’s defenders cheapen his accomplishments
BY GEORGE CURRY Lyndon B. Johnson has done more to help African Americans and poor people than any modern president. But his defenders are cheapening his legacy by inflating his accomplishments, which is an insult […]