A series of mass shootings occurred at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on March 16. Eight people — Soon...
Mar 24, 2021COVID-19 has been a plague for democracy too
As those in vaccine-rich areas catch a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel, much...
Mar 12, 2021Citizens want local journalism
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — March is high school winter sports championship time. Champions become heroes. Communities love heroes. I...
Mar 05, 2021Celebrating Black History: Renaissance of the Black press
On Canyon Crest Drive in Riverside, California, sits Jammin’ Bakery and Café, a sandwich shop that recently closed....
Feb 24, 2021A local solution to a global news crisis
BOSTON — The collapse of local news is a global crisis. And in countries around the world where...
Feb 19, 2021America turns the page
WASHINGTON — Fireworks exploding spectacularly over a nearly deserted National Mall on Wednesday evening closed a nail-biting day...
Jan 21, 2021Civil Rights generation sees echoes of Jim Crow in Capitol attack
WASHINGTON – Shirley Ann Queen remembers being 10 years old when Mr. Horton, the white owner of the...
Jan 18, 2021How to recognize fascism
As the saying goes, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. As the world commemorates the 75th...
Jan 07, 2021Photographers capture a world after war in ‘Imagine: Reflections on Peace’
Peace is not simply the absence of war. It is a complex and often-fragile condition that requires courage...
Dec 03, 2020Attempted coup or auto-coup? Either way, an attack on the guardrails of democracy
WASHINGTON — Like yelling “fire!” in a crowded room, alleging an attempted coup is not something to be...
Nov 13, 2020