
Why Did Jesus Weep: Because #BlackLivesMatter Too? By Keith Magee Keith Magee, For the last four visible years America has endured, once again, the polarizing effects of racism and injustice. Yet,…
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Why Did Jesus Weep: Because #BlackLivesMatter Too? By Keith Magee Keith Magee, For the last four visible years America has endured, once again, the polarizing effects of racism and injustice. Yet,…
By William J. Barber, II Above Photo: CHARLOTTE, NC – SEPTEMBER 21: Protestors march down W.T. Harris Blvd. September 21, 2016 in Charlotte, NC. The protests began the previous night following…
See the signatories below 26 September 2016 In the face of rising racism, scholars, activists and civil society organisations express their support for the UN Working Group on People of…
By Julius W. Garvey, M.D. (Board-certified surgeon, leading the effort to secure a posthumous Presidential pardon for his father and civil rights leader, Marcus Garvey). PA/PA Archive Marcus Garvey was…
By Steven Rosenfeld Donald Trump brought his tough-guy, America-first rhetoric onto the presidential debate stage on Monday, but was repeatedly flustered and upstaged by Hillary Clinton whose focused barbs made him…
By Rev Jim Conn Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Here at the end of President Obama’s final term in office, we seem to be having the national conversation about race that…
Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 71st session. UN Photo/Cia Pak NEW YORK, USA — Gaston Browne, prime minister of…
By Elizabeth Preza / AlterNet A new report from the Economic Policy Institute reveals a stark disparity between the hourly pay of blacks and whites; on average, whites make 26.7 percent more…
By Patrick Hilsman Thirty-eight-year-old Terrill Thomas was arrested in connection to a shooting and taken to Milwaukee County Jail. Nine days later, he was dead of dehydration. His death has been ruled…
By Sharda Sekaran Step one: Make sure you have a badge and the person you are murdering is black. Step two: Add drugs. Terence Crutcher was gunned down by a…
By Ari BermanTwitter Voters wait in line outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland during early voting in November 2012. (AP Photo / Mark Duncan) The Supreme Court today declined…
By Jake Johnson ‘Whether she is writing of Kashmir or of the Palestinians, of American foreign policy or of terror in the Middle East, of environmental degradation or of…