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At the 2026 PolicyLink Summit, We Are The Founders: Writing the Unfinished Story of Our Democracy, Sherrilyn Ifill, Founding Director of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at the Howard University School of Law, challenged us to expand our understanding of who counts as a founder — and reminded us that this country has…

The struggle over voting rights in the United States dates all the way back to the founding of the nation. The original U.S.

Constitution did not define voting rights for citizens, and until 1870, only white men were allowed to vote. Two constitutional amendments changed…

Photographer Susan Ross was born on April 3, 1952 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Edyth and Hubert Ross. She moved

to Atlanta as a child and grew up there during the civil rights era; both of her parents taught at Atlanta University. She graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California in 1972 with her B.A. degree in government & black studies and went on to receive her M.A. degree in political science in 1977 from Stanford…

Calling all journalists, educators, and media professionals who want to help shape the next generation of journalists.



Become a mentor to NABJ student members as they operate a fully functioning newsroom during the 2027 NABJ Convention & Career Fair in Houston, Texas, August…

Nelson Mandela (Madiba) was a South African freedom fighter who fought against apartheid, a system…

A Sikh truck driver was stabbed 17 times at a rest stop in south Wyoming in the early morning hours of September 14. The driver, a resident of Sacramento, California, and identified only by his last name, Singh, remains hospitalized. In an interview with NPR, the victim — who suffered multiple lacerations and injuries to his chest and ribs — said that the attack was unprovoked. “I don’t know why this happened … I don’t know why they attacked me.”…

Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ߛߋߞߎ߬ ߕߎ߬ߙߋ; 9 January 1922 – 26 March 1984) was a Guinean…

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Comrade: Sheikh Haroun Abdur Rahman.

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We at OPOW send our deepest condolences to the family of our Beloved brother and teacher Sheikh Haroun Abdur Rahman ... تغمده الله برحمةه…

She was 26, teaching philosophy at UCLA. Four hundred miles away, a 17-year-old carried a bag of guns into a courtroom in Marin County, California.



On August 7, 1970, Jonathan Jackson took Judge Harold Haley and several others hostage, attempting to free his brother George and two other imprisoned…

He was 30. Nobody.

The Vietnam War was the biggest story on earth. Network correspondents had access, resources, and editors pushing them toward it.

Bradley quit his job and moved to Paris on a romantic whim — and when the money ran out, he went back to reporting. CBS…