America is turning 250. While the country celebrates, we’re asking the harder question — 250 years for whom? Our Unfinished Business special section brings together writers, scholars, and leaders to examine the racism and injustices African Americans are still facing in this nation. Read. Share. Stay in the conversation.

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America 250: Getting into good trouble

by AmNews Staff Report

There’s more than just algae pools for America to celebrate on its 250th birthday

by Christina Greer, Ph.D.

Billy Porter talks with the AmNews on his return to the stage

by Linda Armstrong

America, time to stop acting brand new — we’ve got unfinished business

by ELINOR TATUM, AmNews Publisher and Editor-in-Chief and MADISON J. GRAY, Executive Editor

250 Years and Counting. America, the beautiful, still has the deep scars of racism   

by JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor

‘A History Too Often Ignored’: Black America 250th gathering marks July 4th at historic NYC slave trade site

by Ariama C. Long

Black women built American democracy: There is no win without us

by GLYNDA C. CARR

An American semiquincentennial: Why this is the urgent moment

by JAMES COUNTS EARLY

Why Black Stories Matter: It’s as simple as truth-telling

by LESLIE FIELDS-CRUZ

It is time to redraw the American Revolution

by Ben Jealous

America at 250: Time for white history month

by ASWAD WALKER

How stage has become battleground for story and power in America’s history

by Ty Jones

A democracy in retreat: The deliberate dismantling of our civil rights

by MARC H. MORIAL

We have struggled too long to leave America’s promise unfulfilled

by YUSEF D. JACKSON

Weakening our rights — Different tactics, same goals

by New York State Attorney General Letitia James

Why the fight for reproductive freedom is the fight for democracy

by ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON

The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro by Frederick Douglass

by Amsterdam News