
The singer-turned-politician is hoping to unseat longtime president, who is seeking a seventh term. By Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera — Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has…
The singer-turned-politician is hoping to unseat longtime president, who is seeking a seventh term. By Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera — Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has…
The March on Washington shows how artists, through solidarity and courageous love, helped bring the last one to an end. By Ben Jealous — Everywhere I go lately, people whisper…
Many will tell her story, but she told her story — and ours — best. By Herb Boyd — The name Assata Shakur is enshrined in the student center at…
By Ben Jealous — A Midwestern schoolteacher once told her class that a sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. “Look around the classroom,” she said. “The smartest kids…
Join us in person or via livestream for an Emergency Summit: DC and Chocolate Cities in Danger — “Putting I.C.E. on ICE” taking place during the Congressional Black Caucus…
By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD — August 6, 2025 marked the 60th anniversary of the ratification of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – one of the most consequential laws…
By Nkechi Taifa, Esq. — The U.S. Department of Justice has fired a dangerous shot across the bow of Asheville, North Carolina, and Buncombe County, threatening legal action if they…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — It is a fundamental teaching and uncontested contention in Kawaida philosophy that there is an endless library of lessons and legacies in our history and…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Activist and Code Pink (a pro-peace feminist organization) founder Medea Benjamin was simply walking the halls of Congress when she spotted Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA)….
By Ben Jealous — I started out this year, 2025, in Chicago, honored to give the Martin Luther King Day address at Reverend Jesse Jackson’s big gathering. The timing was…
The racist upswell in the US looks “clearer from the outside,” says South African philosopher Nuraan Davids. By George Yancy , Truthout — Donald Trump’s war on diversity, equity, and…
Ethiopia will tomorrow inaugurate Africa’s largest dam, a major source of electricity and national zeal for the country, but one that threatens to fray ties with nations downstream. The Grand…