A new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds a sharp generational divide within the party. By Ariel Edwards-Levy — Most Democratic voters see former Vice President Joe Biden as their most likely nominee, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds,…
Bernie Sanders stands alone now, save for his grassroots army, and facing him are the politically elite of the Democratic Party, both black and white, Wall Street, and the corporate media. By Joseph B Atkins, Labor South — Back at the beginning of the 20th century, muckraking journalist Charles Edward Russell noticed how U.S. senators, as a political class, all seemed to look alike. “Well-fed and portly gentlemen, almost nobody…
It’s unusual for a union to endorse a candidate through such a democratic process. By Dave Jamieson, Huffington Post — The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is giving…
By PoliticusUSA — International Women’s Day is on Sunday. It will remind us that women who lead get things done. This is true even if at the moment in America,…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Few in these United States had heard of Katherine Johnson, the gifted mathematician who finished high school and college at 18. How could we know…
Sanders was a key supporter of Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign, which came stunningly close to an upset. By Ryan Grim, The Intercept — Michigan holds a special place in the memory of Jesse Jackson and the supporters of his insurgent 1988 presidential campaign. It was Jackson’s Nevada, the moment that the party establishment realized this campaign it had long written off might just seize the nomination. At a rally in Michigan on Sunday,…
By Luke Ramseth and Justin Vicory — Actor and director Danny Glover visited churches and pumped up attendees of a get-out-the-vote event in Jackson on Sunday as he rallied support for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid. “This is about a transformation,” Glover told about 30 volunteers gathered at Callaway High School in North Jackson on Sunday, discussing Sanders’ Medicare-for-all proposal, his Thurgood Marshall education plan and his pitch to eliminate college student debt. “We’re in a fight,…
Haitian President Jovenel Moise has quickly attracted public anger, as demonstrations demanding his resignation have proliferated across the island. Port-au-Prince (AFP) — Haiti finally has a new government, but without a parliament capable of giving it legitimacy and without electoral prospects, the country remains paralyzed by a political crisis with potentially devastating social, economic and security consequences. It’s been more than a year since the Caribbean nation has been…
By Ted Glick — There are silver linings to the February 29-March 3 political tsunami that vaulted Joe Biden ahead of Bernie Sanders, and the race is far from over,…
By Anastasia Curwood, HNN — On Super Tuesday, about a third of Democratic voters will be casting votes for the candidate of their choice. The mainstream media and the candidates…
The spread of the coronavirus exposes a widening chasm in the U.S. economy between college-educated workers and less-educated workers. By Alana Semuels, Time — There are many things that worry Fina Kao…
Saturday, March 7, 2020, Brooklyn, NY — Themes: Year of The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Mobilizing for State of the Black World Conference V, Embracing the Vision and Mission of IBW. Keynote Address by Dr. Ron Daniels “IBW At the Cross-Roads”. Speakers and Participants: Dr. Julius Garvey, Charles Barron, Larry Hamm, Fredrica Bey, Barbara King, Monife Bandele, Dr. Monique Swift, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Senior Minister Afiya Dawson.