By: E.R. Shipp A woman faces down a line of Baltimore police officers in riot gear during violent protests following the funeral of Freddie Gray, April 27, 2015, in Baltimore. …
By William Astore US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to troops in Afghanistan in 2013. (Reuters/Mark Wilson/Pool) It’s 1990. I’m a young captain in the US Air Force. I’ve just…
By Zoë Carpenter New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks about the “Progressive Agenda” along with a coalition of backers on Capitol Hill in May 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)…
by David A. Love DECEMBER 6: People aim cell phones at a speaker in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre as they march on Hollywood Boulevard to protest the decision in…
By Tony Fletcher King plays during his 10,000th career performance in an appearance at his club in New York in 2006. (Credit: AP/Richard Drew) We all have to go sometime. And hopefully, B….
By Norman Solomon Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling with his wife after being convicted of leaking classified details to a New York Times reporter (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) The sentencing of…
By: Linn Washington Jr. On May 13, 1985, a fire started after Philadelphia police dropped an explosive on a building where members of the MOVE organization where hiding. On May…
by AJAMU BARAKA The Neoliberal assault on U.S. workers continues – this time with a slick move on the part of the 1% to sneak by the people a noxious…
BY: STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR. If a nonprofit gorup has its way, Harriet Tubman could become the new face of the $20 bill.CBS NEWS SCREENSHOT It’s been a busy few weeks…
May 11, 2015 by Debora Guidetti & Anna Defour Could you share a few words about the UN International Decade for People of African Descent 2015–2024 and its relevance to Europe? Across Europe,…
By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande is to honor the memory of millions of slaves in an inaugural visit Sunday to a memorial in the French…
Half Moon Caye Natural Monument in Belize. (Photo: anoldent/Wikimedia/cc) By Desmond Brown, IPS News Caribbean leaders on Saturday further advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference…