
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson In the space of a few days Baltimore Police Lieutenant Brian Rice is scheduled for trial in the death of Freddie Gray and the Justice Department…
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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson In the space of a few days Baltimore Police Lieutenant Brian Rice is scheduled for trial in the death of Freddie Gray and the Justice Department…
By Kai Wright, Photos of Alton Sterling outside the Triple S Food Mart, where he was shot and killed by police early Tuesday, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 6, 2016….
Chairman of the Community and Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit, at the press conference at the end of the 37th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting. Flanking him are, left…
By: Jason Johnson Americans generally get a failing grade when it comes to knowing our “patriotic songs.” I know more people who can recite “America, F–k Yeah” from Team America than “America the…
By Frank Joyce / AlterNet Ah, July 4th. Of all the national orgies of self-congratulation, militarism and, of course shopping, this one stands out. Even more than say Memorial Day it perfectly…
The 18th-century thinkers behind laissez-faire economics saw slavery as a great example of global free trade Plan of the French slave ship La Marie Seraphique c.1770. © Château des ducs de…
By Kehinde Andrews Brexit has re-awakened extreme racism in Britain The United Kingdom is coming to terms with the majority of the British people voting to leave the alliance of…
By Milton G. Allimadi Let Tarzan Rest In Peace Why and how does Hollywood still make a film about a White man, Tarzan, as King of the African jungle? Tarzan…
On Thursday, legislators of the Illinois House of Representatives passed an historic resolution calling on President Obama to create a reparations study commission. Introduced by Rep. Lashawn Ford and…
By Anne Frugé Africa, from space. (NASA) On June 13, two weeks before the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the African Union announced a new “single African passport.” The…
By Sam Pizzigati Later this summer, just a few weeks after this year’s Fourth of July celebrations, Democrats will be gathering in Philadelphia to make some presidential nomination history. Democrats —…
By Daniella Diaz Washington (CNN) DeRay Mckesson, a leader in the Black Lives Matter movement, said that the group might mobilize protesters at the Republican and Democratic conventions next month. “We will…