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The gubernatorial election has been over for a month.

The leadership lessons Jesse Jackson has given us by Ben Jealous

News of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s health struggles has stirred many.

Housing crisis won’t ease until lawmakers get serious by Tolton D. Montgomery

I applaud Abigail Spanberger on becoming the governor-elect of Virginia, especially due to one of her core campaign promises: to bring down the cost of housing. “We are going to work to lower costs of renting, buying or staying in …

It takes GOP courage, not compromise by David W. Marshall

Every elected official is required to take an oath of office.

U.S. traded global leadership for conspiracy theories by Marc H. Morial

Trump’s reasons for boycotting the event are ridiculous, to be polite … The claim that white people are more affected by criminal acts in the country is not only a mistaken belief but also a manufactured lie designed to invoke …

We are hardwired to sing — and it’s good for us, too by Elinor Harrison

On the first Sunday after being named leader of the Catholic Church in May 2025, Pope Leo XIV stood on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and addressed the tens of thousands of people gathered.

The Prayer of Thanksgiving

Today, I make my Sacrament ofThanksgiving.

Why giving Tuesday matters for Black communities by Julianne Malveaux

It’s the end of the year, which means you are being barraged by requests to give. Whether it is your alma mater, your church, a charity you gave to once upon a time — even a long, long time ago …

Pelosi’s leadership marked by democracy and equity by Marc H. Morial

If the measure of public service is how deeply one fights for the most vulnerable among us, then Nancy Patricia Pelosi stands among the most consequential leaders of our era.

The first Thanksgiving is a key chapter in America’s origin story – but what happened in Virginia four months later mattered more by Peter C. Mancall

Remembered and retold as an allegory for perseverance and cooperation, the story of the first Thanksgiving has become an important part of how Americans think about the founding of their country.

A Thanksgiving reminder that fighting poverty should rise above party lines by Ben Jealous

The world of our screens has many of us dreading Thanksgiving.

MacKenzie Scott’s billion-dollar defiance of war on diversity by Stacey M. Brown

There are moments in American life when truth steps forward and refuses to be convenient.

Time to bring the ballot home by Ben Jealous

Americans aren’t just anxious about next year’s elections — they’re uneasy in a deeper way.

Harlem project blends housing, culture and opportunity by Marc H. Morial

“This project is befitting of the legacy of greatness that so many Black New Yorkers have built here in Harlem.

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