By Ta-Nehisi Coates Tulsa burns in the race riots of 1921. Wikimedia There have been a number of useful entries in the weeks since Senator Bernie Sanders declared himself against reparations….
Haiti has reached a deal for a transitional government after President Michel Martelly’s term expired without an elected successor. Under the terms of the agreement, which was reached 22…
By Richard Eskow Economic inequality inspired Occupy Wall Street, a movement that in a few short months transformed our political discourse with the concept of the “1 percent” and the…
From The Baltimore Sun, Huffington Post, The Hill , , Former NAACP President Ben Jealous Backs Bernie Sanders By John Fritze The Baltimore Sun February 5, 2016…
By Richard Adams One of Britain’s elite universities defended its record on diversity on Sunday as the government said it should “shine a spotlight” on its admissions decisions for ethnic minority and…
By Jonathan Freedland In an interview at Columbia University, where she’s dean of social science, Nelson described DNA as containing a social power as well as a biological one. “We…
Deray McKesson has been one of the most vocal activists since the Ferguson shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in August 2014. Photograph: Michael B Thomas/AFP/Getty Images Prominent Black Lives Matter…
By Robert Maguire February 7, 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the ouster of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier as President of Haiti, ending the 29 year Duvalier family dictatorship. When…
By Emily Badger Flickr image courtesy of mSeattle under a Creative Commons license. In the economic analysis the Brookings Institution released last week — the one where Washington looks remarkably bad — Austin, Raleigh and Nashville are…
By: Lawrence D. Bobo Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters during her caucus night event in the Olmsted Center at Drake University on February 1,…
By William Rivers Pitt Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders watch election returns in a caucus night event for Sanders in Des Moines, Iowa, February 1, 2016. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The…
Sir Hilary Beckles presents model for reparations at Oxford University THE chairman of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Reparations Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles, says Caribbean countries are not looking for “handouts”…