Leon and Mary Adams had been living in their Philadelphia home for nearly five decades. They were eating breakfast one morning last year when armed cops streamed out of a…
Activist points to increasing privatization of detention centers as being behind mandatory detention rules in immigration reform bill.
NAREB Report Shows Nation’s Economic Recovery Isn’t Shared Equally As part of the 43rd annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Conference, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) unveiled new…
A Local / National Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Additional Solutions to the Economic Underdevelopment, Mis-Education, Neglect, Drugs, Crime, Violence, Fraticide and Mass Incarceration in Distressed / Marginalized Black Neighborhoods
By John Duda
ZSpace
There are very legitimate reasons to be scared that the proliferation of video surveillance is rapidly encroaching on our rights to everyday privacy and anonymity on the streets of Baltimore. Spurred on by counter-terrorism paranoia, recent advances in camera technology and computerized image processing are bringing George Orwell’s dystopian nightmare of inescapable social control within reach of today’s bureaucrats.
By Michael Virtanen, Associated Press New York’s attorney general has asked a state judge to release sealed documents about the 1971 riot and retaking of Attica state prison in an…
By Tony Newman Which state will be next to legalize marijuana? What do the Obama administration’s recent announcements about marijuana legalization and mandatory minimums [3] really mean? What are some solutions to the…
Meeting of SWAT teams and military contractors from around the world faces local opposition in Oakland, CA By Sarah Lazare, A member of the Israeli Special Police Force participating in…
Disaster Capitalism on the battlefield and in the boardroom by William Astore A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan. (Photo: REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis)There is a new normal in America: our…
By Alissa Trotz
In what ways might the Caribbean Diaspora engage with the regional integration project that can be of benefit to themselves and the region? What are some of the likely challenges in their engagement?