By Jamil Smith In the last week or so, Bernie Sanders has been questioned twice on national television about high-profile endorsements that he didn’t win. Both times, he provided strange answers….
By: Charles D. Ellison A voter, Treveyon Brock, casts his ballot as people wait in line at a polling place Nov. 4, 2014, near Ferguson, Mo. Admit it: When you finally…
By: Nigel Roberts Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, stands to the left of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on some issues. But many wonder whether he, after serving…
by Emma Lockridge On Jan. 15, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette vowed to investigate the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, to determine whether any state laws were broken, resulting in lead contamination….
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Here’s the big problem for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. He will either win outright or make a powerful second place showing in both the Iowa…
By Henry (Chip) Carey Haitians rioted violently in the capital Port-au-Prince and across the country on Monday to protest fraud in this past autumn’s elections and in this Sunday’s presidential vote. While the opposition…
By Chauncey DeVega The well-being and political interests of African-Americans are routinely sacrificed on the mantle of political expediency in the United States. To wit. During an interview last week,…
By Page May The iconic Martin Luther King Jr. whom we are encouraged to celebrate – who single-handedly ended Jim Crow with one epic, color-blind speech – bears little…
By: Danielle C. Belton Demonstrators protest in front of the police station in Ferguson, Mo., March 12, 2015, in the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. No one…
By: Charles D. Ellison A voter, Treveyon Brock, casts his ballot as people wait in line at a polling place Nov. 4, 2014, near Ferguson, Mo. Admit it: When you finally…
By Peter Derier As we celebrate his birthday, it is easy to forget that Rev. Martin Luther King was a democratic socialist. In 1964, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in…
By Malcolm Jones In 1964, Martin Luther King became the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. When he accepted the prize, he delivered a speech that has…