By Christopher Mathias National Reporter, The Huffington Post Carlo Allegri / Reuters Preston Gilstrap, 64, was a Dallas police officer for over 41 years before he retired in 2013….
By John Atcheson We can still celebrate a day off and enjoy our holiday, but is it any longer possible to deny just how much the democracy has been eroded…
By Sonali Kolhatkar Above Photo: Alicia Garza, flanked by Patrise Cullors, left, and Opall Tometi. (Video still from “Rising Up With Sonali”) In July 2013, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza, three…
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…