By Goldie Taylor They did not teach us about Nat Turner at the nearly all-white public schools I attended. Nor at the nearly all-black ones I went to. While our…
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By Goldie Taylor They did not teach us about Nat Turner at the nearly all-white public schools I attended. Nor at the nearly all-black ones I went to. While our…
By: Peniel E. Joseph A man talks to police in riot gear as they wait in an alley after a second night of clashes between protesters and police Aug. 15, 2016,…
By Adele M. Stan / AlterNet Photo Credit: screen shot / Fox NewsChannel Time was when one could sum up the connections of Donald J. Trump, Republican Party standard-bearer and King of…
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference took on a new challenge: expose and overcome racial discrimination in Chicago. Here, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of From #BlackLivesMatter…
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire) – Renowned civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the dean of Black press columnists because of his riveting weekly commentary…
By Manisha Sinha Universal Images Group / Getty Images Pierre Dominique Toussaint l’Ouverture (1746-1803) Haitian revolutionary leader. Etching by John Kay, 1802. The nation was a beacon for the anti-slavery cause…
By Katherine Beckett / The American Prospect Portrait of a young man in jail Arthur Longworth is currently serving life without the possibility of parole in Washington State. Art committed murder at…
Arusha Conference to establish a new African movement for Justice, Peace and Sustainable Development A new initiative aimed at building a civil society platform on the continent gets underway…
Award-winning Civil Rights Journalist and Black Press Columnist George Curry Dead at 69 By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire) – Pioneering Civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the…
By: T.D. Williams Professional football player Richard Sherman attends The Players’ Tribune Summer Party at No Vacancy on July 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Rich Polk/Getty Images for…
By Jerry Brewer Usain Bolt poses after winning his third consecutive Olympic gold in the 100 meters. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) RIO DE JANEIRO — Gold spikes in his right hand, gold ring…
By Kim Brunhuber Ana Oliveira and Fatima Pinhos look at pictures of their sons, both killed by police. (Kim Brunhuber/CBC) Every week or so, Ana Oliveira and Fatima Pinho meet on…