News and Issue Commentaries

“Annual Founder’s Kwanzaa Message, Kwanzaa, Freedom, Justice and Peace:
Principles and Practices For A New World” (12-21-23)

“Dialoguing About Freedom, Justice and Peace:
Black People, Palestinians, Israelis and Jews” (11-23-23)

“Consulting King Concerning Israel’s Total War Against Palestine:
Palestinians Within the Field of Our Moral Vision” (10-19-23)

“Justice, George Floyd and Continuing Struggle:
The Moral Imperative of Remembrance and Resistance” (06-01-23) 

“Voting and Struggling to Remake America:
Improving the Conditions and Capacities for Life” (11-03-22)

“Haji Malcolm on Reflective Consciousness:
Reasoning Radically and Rightly In Our Times” (05-05-22)

“Ida B. Wells and Kawaida Womanism:
Considering the Mission and Meaning of Woman” (03-24-22) Part 2

“Ida B. Wells and Kawaida Womanism:
Considering the Mission and Meaning of Woman” (03-17-22) Part 1

“The Ethical Imperative of Serudj Ta:
To Repair, Renew and Remaking the World” (01-27-22)

“Rereading King in Critical Times:
Mapping and Making Our Way Forward” (01-13-22)

“The Ahmaud Arbery Verdict and Victory:
Notes on Its Message and Meaning” (12-02-21)

“Ranting and Raging Against Critical Race Theory:
An Epidemic of Racist Reaction to Truth” (11-18-21)

“Living the Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer:
Sharing and Shaping Ourselves in Struggle” (10-21-21)

“The Radical Emergence of Kawaida Philosophy:
A Critical Time of Turning” (09-23-21)

“COVID and Two Ways Before Us:
Open Up, We Live; Close Down, We Die” (07-29-21)

“Justice for George Floyd and Us All:
The Measure and Meaning of the Verdict” (04-22-21)

“Being Ella Baker Even After the Election:
Valuing Our Victory, Continuing Our Struggle” (11-12-20)

“Forging Our Future With Fannie Lou Hamer:
The Urgency and Value of Voting” (10-08-20)

“Seeking Victory Over Two Viruses:
COVID-19 and the Pathology of Oppression” (04-23-21)

“The Ethics Of Healthcare:
Essential Kawaida Considerations” (03-26-20)

“Focusing on Freedom with Harriet Tubman:
Enduring Advice on Relentless Resistance” (11-14-19)

“Africa, Our Moral Ideal:
Radical Reasoning About Ourselves and Our Culture” (09-12-19)

“Holocaust-Haiti-Ferguson and Watts:
Honoring Our People Through Struggle” (08-22-19)

“Remembering and Re-Reading Woodson:
Envisioning an Emancipatory Education” (02-14-19)

“Malcolm X and the Ethics of Martyrdom:
Witness, Service, Struggle and Sacrifice” (02-21-19)

Democratic Blue and Peoplehood Black:
Necessary Distinctions Between People and Party
(11-19-20)

Being Ella Baker Even After the Election:
Valuing Our Victory, Continuing Our Struggle (11-12-20)

Taking Tuesday in Stride:
Waking Up Wednesday Still in Struggle (11-05-20)

The Moral Meaning of Our Struggle:
Saving America From Its Trumpian Self (10-29-20)

Assessing the Million Man March:
Lessons Learned from the Mission Statement (10-22-20)

Remembering the Million Man March:
Reflections on Memory and Mission (10-15-20)

Forging Our Future With Fannie Lou Hamer:
The Urgency and Value of Voting (10-08-20)

Pursuing the Seven-Fold Path of Blackness:
Practicing Principles of Life and Struggle
(10-01-20) Part 2

Pursuing the Seven-Fold Path of Blackness:
Practicing Principles of Life and Struggle
(09-24-20) Part 1

Us’ 55 Years of Unbudging Blackness:
Africa As Our Moral Ideal – Part 2 (09-17-20)

Us’ 55 Years of Unbudging Blackness:
Africa As Our Moral Ideal – Part 1 (09-10-20)

Rising in Resistance with Paul Robeson:
Athletes Joining the Struggle for Racial Justice
(09-03-20)

Garvey’s Whirlwind; Watts’ and Ferguson’s Fire:
Signs and Obligations of Our Times -PART 2 – (08-27-20)

Garvey’s Whirlwind; Watts’ and Ferguson’s Fire:
Signs and Obligations of Our Times -PART 1 – (08-20-20)

Recognizing Aurora as America Unmasked:
No Exemption, Even For Our Children (08-13-20)

Honoring Black Resistance in August:
Pursuing Liberation thru Love and Struggle (08-06-20)

Resisting the White-Washing of Ethnic Studies:
Keeping Color in Life and Learning (07-30-20)

Lifting Up Lowery, Vivian and Lewis:
Living the Legacy, Freeing the People (07-23-20)

Achieving Justice for George Floyd:
Radically Reimagining and Rebuilding America [Part 2]
(07-16-20)

Taking Down Flags and Tearing Down Walls:
Some Seriously Needed Distinctions (07-09-20)

Questioning the Country With Frederick Douglass:
Judgment, Not Joy on July 4th (07-02-20)

Righteous and Relentless Struggle:
Again, Reflections on the Principle and Practice
(06-25-20)

Maintaining the Meaning of Juneteenth:
Staying Focused on Freedom (06-18-20)

Achieving Justice for George Floyd:
Radically Reimagining and Rebuilding America [Part 1]
(06-11-20)

Reigniting Fergusons Fires of Resistance:
Reaffirming the Will and Right to Breathe (06-04-20)

Message from Minister Malcolm on ALD:
Silencing the Guns of Pandemic Oppression (05-28-20)

Larry Aubry, Lying Down Like a Hill:
Still Having Height, Always Pointing Upward (05-21-20)

Honoring Our Mothers With Our Lives:
Lessons of Love, Life and Struggle 05-14-20

Summer Will Not Save Us:
Faultlines, Battlelines, Affirmation and Resistance
(05-07-20)

Madcapping and Conning with Trump:
Feeding Americans Addiction to Illusions (04-30-20)

Seeking Victory Over Two Viruses:
COVID-19 and the Pathology of Oppression (04-23-21)

Meditating on the Meaning of Struggle:
Valuing Our Inward and Outward Striving (04-16-20)

Black People Rising and Reaffirming:
Resurrection, Repair, Renewal and
Remaking Ourselves and the World (04-09-20)

Bringing Forth the Fire Within Us:
Weathering the Worst of Winters (04-02-20)

The Ethics Of Healthcare:
Essential Kawaida Considerations (03-26-20)

Social Solidarity In Spite of Social Distancing:
Keeping Our Closeness in Critical Times (03-19-20)

Grounding and Centering Ourselves:
Chosen to Bring Good in the World (03-12-20)

Lifting and Holding Up Heaven:
Women’s and Men’s Work in the World (03-05-20)

Tambiko For Min. Malcolm: His Jihad, Awesome Sacrifice
and Continuing Powerful Presence (02-27-20)

Walking With Woodson in History:
Truth, Justice and Transformation (02-20-20)

Black Love: A Complementary and Species-Compelling Need
(02-13-20)

Black History:
Its Meaning, Message and Forward Motion (02-06-20)

History, Memory and Struggle:
The Morality of Remembrance ( 01-30-20)

New Year Wishes and Work: Pursuing and Practicing Peace (01-23-20)

Considering King in Critical Times:
Daring To Oppose War and Practice Peace (01-16-20)

America Nodding and Nightmaring Towards War:
Bedding Down and Mad-Maxing With Trump (01-09-20)

(see “Columns and Position Statements” |
www.Us-Organization.org/position/index.html

2006

• “The Ethics and Errors of immigration: The Issue and Urgency of Justice,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 04/13/06, p. A-7
• “Black Men Missing: But Not Without A Trace,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 03/29/06, p. A-7
• “Pledging Allegiance to the USA: One Nation, Under Illusion,” The Los Angeles Sentinel,03/22/06, p. A-7
• “Striving and Struggling in Gary: Pimpin’ and Hustlin’ in Hollywood,” The Los Angeles Sentinel,03/15/06, p. A-7
• “For Love and Struggle: Beyond the Crash, Hustle and Floss,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 03/08/06, p. A-7
• “Black Women’s History: Celebrating Miracles, Wonders and Struggle,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 02/29/06, p. A-7
• “Sankofa: Seasons of Struggle and Change,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 02/22/06, p. A-7
• “Seeking Solutions to Interethnic Conflict: Social and Institutional Issues,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 02/16/06, p. A-7
• “Coretta Scott King: Dream Keeper, Dawn Bringer,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 02/9/06, p. A-7
• “Black History:  Its Meaning, Message and Forward Motion,” The Los Angeles Sentinel,  02/2/06, p. A-9
• “A New President and Promise for Liberia: Searching for Signs and Wonders,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 01/26/06, p. A-7
• “Living the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Sacred Narrative and Model,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 01/19/06, p. A-7
• “Choosing to Be African: A Lifetime Resolution,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 01/12/06, p. A-15
• “Reconceiving Our New Year Resolutions:  Remembering Our Work in the World,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 01/05/06, p. A-7

2005

• “Kwanzaa: A Season of Celebration, Meditation and Recommitment,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 12-29/05, p. A-7
• “Freeing Morgan Freeman: Reaffirming Black History,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 12/22/05, p. A-7
• “Regarding Stanley Tookie Williams: Matters of Life and Death,” The Los Angeles Sentinel 12/15/05, p. A-7
• “Doing Good in the World: Reaffirming the Ethics of Service,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 12/8/05, p. A-7
• “Meditating on the March: Achievements Made, Lessons Learned,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 12/1/05, p. A-7
• “Rethinking Thanksgiving: Beyond Big Turkeys and Small Talk,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 11/24/05, p. A-7
• “In Defense of Life: Unmasking Official Killing Posing as Justice,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 11/17/05, p. A-7
• “Concerning Seasons of Fire and Struggles for Freedom,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 11/10/05, p. A-7
• “Rosa Parks, Her People and the Movement: Honoring the Person, the People and Their Struggle,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 11/3/05, p. A-7
• “Making the Movement Real: Principles, Process and Practice,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 10/27/05, p. A-7
• “The Millions More March and Movement: Mission, Meaning and Struggle,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 10/20/05, p. A-13
• “Marchin’ Towards A Movement: Movin’ Toward Liberation,” The Los Angeles Sentinel,  10/13/05, p. A-7
• “Aborting Racism, Ending Oppression and Giving Birth to Justice,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 10/6/05, p. A-7
• “Weathering the Hurricanes of History: Repairing Ourselves and the World,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 9/29/05, p. A-7
• “Cultural Grounding, Unbudging Blackness and Steadfastness in Struggle,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 9/22/05, p. A-7
•  “40th Anniversary Reflections on Us: Harnessing the Hurricane of Righteous Anger and Activism,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 9/15/05, p. A-7
• “Riding Out the Hurricane: Reaffirming the Resilience of the People,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 9/8/05, p. A-7
• “The Minister, the Movement and the LAPD:  Police Violence and Community Resistance,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 9/01/05, p. A-7
• “Garvey in the Whirlwind: The Lesson and Legacy of Struggle,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 8/25/05, p. A-7
• “Remembering the March: Rebuilding the Movement,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, 8/18/05, p. A-7