The Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act has cemented President Trump’s legacy in erasing civil rights and equal opportunity.
Derrick Z. Jackson
Derrick Z. Jackson, an American Prospect board member, is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, the 2026 winner for Opinion/Op-Ed from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the 2025 winner for both Social Justice and Crisis Commentary from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
Posted inEducation in America
Black College Students: An Endangered Species, Unless They Play Ball
The disparity of graduation rates for Black and white scholarship athletes will become more glaring if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Building Back Severed Communities
The Biden administration wants to reconnect historically Black and Latino neighborhoods cut off by highway construction. There’s promise and peril in that.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Hank Aaron Still Stands Alone
His career and example stand in drastic contrast to the lesser men who were not inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame just after Aaron’s death.
Posted inGreen New Deal
Toxic Injustices
Priority for abused communities must pervade every aspect of a Green New Deal.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Junk Food President Aims to Ruin American Nutrition
Will the Trump administration trash the nation’s dietary guidelines next year?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Frank Robinson: He Blazed a Trail Baseball Still Refuses to Follow
Professional sports teams have made little progress in elevating African Americans to the top slots on the field.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
EPA Rollbacks: Hurting Americans Where They Live
A look inside the agency’s Midwest office
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Puffins: Harbingers of Climate Change
These small ocean birds are the proverbial canary in the coal mine as the ecology of their habitat worsens.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Catching a Breeze
America’s belated push to develop offshore wind energy