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…
By Andrea Seabrook, www.marketplace.org Welcome to the post-Brexit world – a global economic outlook more uncertain than ever. Before we all go raising alarms though, remember: many of the economic fundamentals in…
by Netfa Freeman “The economic and political hegemony enjoyed by both Western Europe and the U.S. is at the expense of the “underdeveloped” world.” While much of the discourse and…
by Pascal Robert “Few realize how the defeat of Napoleon by the brave former African slaves in Haiti opened the door for the dominance of the British Empire.” In the…
By NAILA KELETA-MAE On Sunday night, Jesse Williams delivered an acceptance speech that embodied the tone and sophistication of the black activism that’s shaping conversations about social justice in the…
Caribbean360 June 26, 2016 ke KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sunday June 26, 2016 – Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles has warned the region to brace for the…
By Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge and Caricom Secretary General, Irwin La Rocque briefing Guyanese media representatives and technical officials about the Caricom summit scheduled to be held in…
By Dave Johnson When you hear people saying that “even the IMF” is recommending economic actions that might help regular people, that’s a sign that something big is going down….
Jasiri X to join us for SOBWC IV The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) announced today Pittsburgh based Hip Hop activist Jasiri X will serve as the…
By La’Kayla Williams, Truthout An attorney for a Black girl in Texas who came home from a school field trip in April with deep rope burns etched in her neck called the incident an…