The tough decision that Howard University faces—whether to keep or sell its license to valuable TV spectrum for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars—is the best thing that could happen to the school. Not just because of the money, but because making that decision forces Howard to take its underutilized assets seriously and consider its…

Throughout the proposed budget now before Congress are a host of cuts that could be critical to the well-being of black America. From health care and Social Security to federal food programs, everything seems to be on the table. Given the weight of those issues, it’s tough to make an argument that funding of the…

Like a number of employees who joined the company in recent years, I was stunned when I entered Johnson Publishing for the first time. Stepping into the building on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue was like being transported back to my Aunt Edna’s basement, circa 1975. Red leather sofas, foil wallpaper in the bathrooms, electric green carpets.…