By Areva Martin It’s become a genuine movement. A vehicle for change. Nationally, a mouthpiece intimately connected to and driving much of America’s conversation surrounding criminal justice reform, an end…
By Charles Derber and Yale Magrass The following is an excerpt from the new book Bully Nation by Charles Derber & Yale R. Magrass (University Press of Kansas, 2016): On October 1,…
By Chelsey Shannon Over the past few days, my Facebook Timeline has been filled with fellow Cincinnati natives weighing in on the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s decision to execute a…
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Statistics on black women and education have shown them leading all other gender and racial groups for a few years now. More than half…
Assessing how white people benefit from race-based economic inequality. By Jeanette Wicks-Lim By every socioeconomic measure, there is an undeniable race-based hierarchy in the United States—with black Americans sitting at or…
Jerome Taylor, PhD1 BY JUSTICE I MEAN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RACIAL EQUITY estimated here as the ratio of black over white achievement proficiencies in reading and math. Where this…
A book honoring the African Diaspora leaders across the globe who have accomplished outstanding tasks and who have demonstrated excellent professionalism and character while performing duties related to Africa and…
By Ben BeckerWhat we now know as Memorial Day began as “Decoration Day” in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It was a tradition initiated by former slaves to…
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda (left), in conversation with (from second left) Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Bernardo Guanche Hernández; and Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade…
By David Love Stolen Generations On May 26, Australia observes National Sorry Day, an acknowledgement of the Stolen Generations of Black indigenous people who were kidnapped from their families in a…
By: Charles D. Ellison A voter listens to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speak in Denmark, S.C., on Feb. 12, 2016, a day after her debate with rival candidate Bernie Sanders. Let’s…
By Sujatha Fernandes A “home for sale” sign in Santiago de Cuba. Far fewer Afro-Cubans get remittances from family overseas, and residents of eastern Cuba, more heavily Afro-Cuban than the west,…