A special screening on the Mona campus of the UWI of a new British-made documentary on the life and work of the great CLR James
By Earl Bousquet – Thirty-eight years ago, an earth-shattering event happened on a very small island in the Eastern Caribbean that was heard and felt worldwide.

By Juan Cole – Rep Steve King of Iowa (whose constituents should be ashamed to show their faces in public went full-on racist again, supporting hate-speech master Geert Wilders in his quixotic quest to reverse globalization and ban Muslims from Europe.

The American Health Care Act that is designated to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is racing through Congressional Committees towards adoption in the House and eventually in the Senate.

A convenience store is disputing a new documentary’s claim that previously unreleased surveillance video suggests Michael Brown didn’t rob the store shortly before he was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – President Trump made news again when he abruptly switched gears and said that he wouldn’t keep hands off Medicaid as he kind of, sort of promised to do during the campaign.
A Tribute to Harry Balafonte in honor of his 90th birthday – Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Danny Glover, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Jasiri…

The effort to repeal and replace health care is generating headlines, and the attempt to investigate our 45th President’s Russia connections is of high importance. The specious claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower…

By Sarah Lazare – In a call with investors, GEO Group executives boast of a new boon to business. In a February 22 call with investors, the private prison corporation GEO Group openly boasted that the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants is boosting its bottom line and fueling its expansion.

By Keegan Hamilton – It was once known as Ritmo — the Gitmo of Raymondville, Texas. The notorious private prison, sometimes compared to the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay but officially named the Willacy County Correctional Center…

Class-action lawsuit claims ICE played a part in breaking anti-slavery laws. As many as 60,000 immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could play a role in a class-action lawsuit accusing a private prison company of violating federal anti-slavery laws.

Make no mistake there’s a calculated method to Ben Carson’s zaniness. There’s absolutely no way he could not know that making an idiotic crack that blacks took what amounted …