GENEVA (21 April 2016) – With the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem under way in New York, the UN Working Group of Experts on People…

By Stereo Williams Prince Rogers Nelson was—and still is—the gold standard of artistry. A brilliant guitarist, bassist, arranger, and producer, he was more than a visionary. He was an entity…

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson “Does anyone hear us pray? For Michael Brown or Freddie Gray Peace is more than the absence of war.” “If there ain’t no justice then there…

By Dani McClain A monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo / Steve Helber) In March 2012, nearly a month after George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in…

By D.D. Guttenplan Hillary Clinton reacts as she arrives onstage at her New York presidential primary-night rally in Manhattan, April 19, 2016. (Reuters / Mike Segar) New York—By noon, when it became clear…

Published on April 18, 2016 By Ray Chickrie (Caribbean News Now) ISTANBUL, Turkey — The 13th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit, which ended on Friday in Istanbul, Turkey, in its communiqué…

By Jelani Cobb Alicia Garza, a labor organizer in Oakland, espouses a type of ecumenical activism. Credit Photograph by Amy Elkins for The New Yorker On February 18th, as part of the official…

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a New Deal-style liberal, at a campaign event on Sunday at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. (photo: Max Whittaker/NYT) By Bill Simpich Building a…

Sanders in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) By Azi Paybarah At an appearance Saturday in Brooklyn, Senator Bernie Sanders said, “We owe a debt of gratitude to the Black Lives Matter movement.” He said…

Prof. Pedro Welch, chairman of the Barbados Reparations Task Force, with the Reparations Relay Baton. Barbados, April 16th…..The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has launched an International Reparations Relay & Rally…

By Michelle Alexander It is often said that if we do not learn from our history we are doomed to repeat it. I applaud Rep. Rush’s apology for supporting…

by David Love Although he began the presidential election season as a source of entertainment and the fodder for political humor, Donald Trump has emerged as the front-runner in the Republican…