America's Blackest City2/14/19Feb 14 20193America's Blackest City2/14/19America's Blackest CityPhiladelphia, Where Blackness TranscendsCharles D. Ellison8If we needed a Capital of Blackness, we’d make it Philadelphia.
Nov 16 2017911/16/175 Ways the Republican Tax-Reform Plan Hits Black Folks the HardestCharles D. Ellison25Right now, at this very moment, the single biggest threat to the group of people already in a compromised position…
Nov 6 2017211/6/174 State Elections That Could Prove How Much Everybody Hates Black VotersCharles D. Ellison47This election season could prove that “the resistance” is really all bullshit. On Tuesday, in states like Virginia,…
Sep 1 2017199/1/17Making Sure Your Houston Relief Money Is Going to the Black Folks Who Need It Most Isn’t EasyCharles D. Ellison30Houston state Rep. Shawn Thierry’s majority-black district houses nearly 200,000 residents, the Houston Texans…
Aug 29 2017188/29/17Race and Class Are the Biggest Issues Around Hurricane Harvey and We Need to Start Talking About ThemCharles D. Ellison84Our national conversation on Hurricane Harvey should be much like those about Charlottesville, Va., or Flint, Mich.…
Jun 1 2017106/1/17It’s No Surprise That the Trump Administration’s Africa Policy Is Nonexistent. But We Should CareCharles D. Ellison20With the president returning from one of the most embarrassing public displays of American diplomacy abroad, at…
May 24 2017145/24/17The GOP Keeps Quietly Purging Black Voters—and Democrats Aren’t Doing Anything About ItCharles D. Ellison43When both Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Marcel Groen and the North Carolina Democratic Party’s deputy…
May 19 201775/19/17Stop Playing: Impeachment Is Not a Black Political StrategyCharles D. Ellison13Since the election of President Donald Trump, black political leaders have seemingly led the charge as public…
May 17 2017125/17/17Urban Planning Can’t Happen Without Black People in the Room—Yet It DoesCharles D. Ellison12Sit at the tables where people are deciding where the new school will go, whether to expand the bus stop or if a new…