America’s student debt system is failing millions of people. About 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion. More than 5 million have already gone more than a year without making a payment and are in default. Another 4 million were already in late-stage delinquency when the U.S. Department of Education issued its warning last year. 

KINGSTON,  Jamaica – As Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica in October 2025, Mona-Lisa was busy with a desperate, unusual task. To save her family’s only source of income, she and her three children carried 1,200 chickens, batch by batch, from the coop into their living room. They shoved the furniture aside to make room for the flock. As Melissa roared outside, the night was a blur of noise and fear.

The field is set. After months of campaigning, organizing, and voter engagement, Georgia's primary and runoff elections have concluded, and voters have delivered a clear message: Black women are not only participating in democracy, they are helping shape its future.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – In July 2021, in the pages of the Jamaica Gleaner, the question was posed: Why is CARICOM Day not a national holiday throughout the Caribbean?

UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is asking the public for help to pass historic multi-million dollar legislation that would undergird infrastructure projects at HBCUs across the nation. The IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act, which already has significant support from bi-partisan members of Congress, could receive a boost to passage as members of the general public get involved.

They teased him mercilessly. Because of the dark complexion of his skin, they called him names like “Stovepipe” and “Smokey.” On the school bus, on the playground, in the cafeteria, he couldn’t escape their cruel taunts.

WASHINGTON, DC – Two hundred and fifty years ago, in the sweltering heat of a Philadelphia summer, a small group of men did something without precedent in modern history. They gathered, argued, deliberated, and then signed their names to a declaration that was a declaration of war against the mightiest empire on earth. They did so knowing that, if they failed, they would almost certainly hang.

The Democratic Party prides itself on being a big tent. But when it comes to Democratic Socialists, Democrats are missing the forest for the trees.

As the old saying goes, trust no shadow after dark. Remember what Julius Caesar said as he was stabbed multiple times by those around him, ‘Et tu Brutus?’ You too Brutus, referring to his closest ally and friend Brutus, who applied the death blow.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean’s food systems challenge is fast evolving into a broader development challenge.

Every year, we remember Paul Revere’s ride. As we should.

WASHINGTON, DC - I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues, and occasionally had the satisfaction of watching this Organization do exactly what it was built to do: bring governments together to tackle problems that none of them could solve alone.