By: Kirsten West Savali Susan B. Anthony at age 50 Following the New York primary Tuesday, dozens of New Yorkers pilgrimaged to Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery to place “I Voted” stickers on…
US Representatives Eliot L. Engel (L) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen WASHINGTON, USA — US congressman Eliot Engel, ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Thursday welcomed the unanimous approval by…
By: Jason Johnson Prince performing at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on June 30, 2011 The world is still in shock at the passing of Prince, one of the…
By: Todd Steven Burroughs Michael Jackson onstage during his HIStory world tour in 1996; Whitney Houston performing on Good Morning America in 2009; Prince at Coachella in 2008 It’s hard to admit that…
By Marc Morial, CEO, National Urban League. The U.S. Treasury’s move this week to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill is a milestone…
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…