Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 11…Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies is calling on US President Barack Obama to grant a posthumous pardon to…
By Liz Essley Whyte California voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday allowing recreational marijuana in the nation’s most populous state. , Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP, Despite massive losses for Democrats…
By Bill Fletcher Jr. Had it not been for the Electoral College, at this moment we would be discussing the plans for the incoming Hillary Clinton administration. That’s right….
By: Stephen A. Crockett Jr. An Obamacare sign is seen on the UniVista Insurance company office on Dec. 15, 2015, in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Obamacare has officially moved…
By Bill Fletcher Jr. Had it not been for the Electoral College, at this moment we would be discussing the plans for the incoming Hillary Clinton administration. That’s right….
by Timothy Shenk This article previously appeared in Dissent Magazine and Portside. Between 1789 and 1850, the United States had twelve presidents. Ten of them owned slaves; the only two…
By Rebecca Solnit ‘A politician is not a given. Each one is in part what we make them, by pushing, blocking, pressuring, encouraging, fighting, reframing, emphasizing, organizing.’ (Photo: Michael…
By: Jeffrey Wright The Mothers of the Movement standing behind Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (right) The Mothers of the Movement standing behind Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (right) Jeffrey…
Institute of the Black World 21st Century Drug Policy Reform Initiative 31-35 95th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11369 ♦ 718.429.1415 ♦ info@ibw21.org ♦ www.ibw21.org November 3, 2016 We are pleased…
By Leah Fried, Joe Brusky (CC BY-NC 2.0,) Extracting wins from the boss has never been easy—and union membership hovering at a low 11 percent isn’t making it any…
By: Charles D. Ellison Voters wait in line to cast their ballots during early voting for the 2016 presidential general election Oct. 28, 2016, at the Forsyth County Government Center…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The early voting returns show two unsurprising things. One is that black voters are turning out in smaller numbers in some areas than they did in…