
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – President Trump made news again when he abruptly switched gears and said that he wouldn’t keep hands off Medicaid as he kind of, sort of promised to do during the campaign.
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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – President Trump made news again when he abruptly switched gears and said that he wouldn’t keep hands off Medicaid as he kind of, sort of promised to do during the campaign.
A Tribute to Harry Balafonte in honor of his 90th birthday – Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Danny Glover, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Jasiri…
By Sarah Lazare – In a call with investors, GEO Group executives boast of a new boon to business. In a February 22 call with investors, the private prison corporation GEO Group openly boasted that the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants is boosting its bottom line and fueling its expansion.
By Keegan Hamilton – It was once known as Ritmo — the Gitmo of Raymondville, Texas. The notorious private prison, sometimes compared to the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay but officially named the Willacy County Correctional Center…
Class-action lawsuit claims ICE played a part in breaking anti-slavery laws. As many as 60,000 immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could play a role in a class-action lawsuit accusing a private prison company of violating federal anti-slavery laws.
Make no mistake there’s a calculated method to Ben Carson’s zaniness. There’s absolutely no way he could not know that making an idiotic crack that blacks took what amounted …
The remedial phase of the Maryland HBCU equity lawsuit being heard in federal district court is coming to end. Coalition for Equity and Excellence…
A Friday conference brought Harvard’s extensive historical connections to slavery into sharp relief, with some participants encouraging the University to consider monetary reparations.
By Jamila Johnson and Yamily Habib – In 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City to demand shorter work hours, better pay and the right to vote, no one was ready to call it a movement.
By Jonathan Capehart – “The average enslaved person was sold about four or five times in a lifetime.”
By Mark Weisbrot – It is nice to see the term “deep state” popping up more than ever in mainstream media discussions of the Trump transition. I prefer “permanent government,” though, because it has fewer conspiratorial overtones, and this is not about conspiracy theories. In fact, it has become perhaps more open than ever.
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. – Anticipating and sitting through President Trump’s address to Congress last night was arduous, to say the least. There are so many things that can be said about the speech, not the least being how many inaccuracies were mouthed by Trump. I wish that I could say that was the most disturbing part, but it was not.