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The economic philosophies of Democrats and Republicans are drastically different. While neither party is interested in dismantling the predatory capitalism that extracts surplus value from workers, Republicans are more interested…
The economic philosophies of Democrats and Republicans are drastically different. While neither party is interested in dismantling the predatory capitalism that extracts surplus value from workers, Republicans are more interested…
By Juan Cole Trump’s cabinet has no Latinos, the first time that minority, which comprises 18 percent of Americans, is absent for twenty-five years. Trump famously accused Mexican-Americans…
By Gary Younge , , To celebrate its 225th anniversary, the US Mint and Treasury last week unveiled plans to issue a 24-carat commemorative coin depicting Lady Liberty as…
In my first essay, Trump Will Be Like Reagan on Steroids, I attempted to demonstrate that “elections matter,” particularly in moments of grave crises and danger– that the consequences of apathy, inaction or misdirection can be devastating in terms of the impact on the lives of ordinary people and the direction of the nation. Nothing that we have witnessed thus far persuades me that Donald Trump and Trumpism is anything short of one of the most radical rightwing, reactionary political viruses in the history of this country…
by Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq. Wealth and Debt in Black Communities: “If current economic trends continue, the average [B]lack household will need 228 years to accumulate as much wealth…
By Horace G. Campbell January 12, 2017 The current efforts to elect a new Chair of the AU Commission have been caught in the crosswinds of the impact of illicit…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The attacks by Trump, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, and some GOP leaders on Georgia Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis for flatly calling…
By Melvin P. Foote The Congressional Black Caucus and 18 others from Congress, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Ndaba Mandela, and additional prominent people and organizations have written letters…
January 17, 2017 How should Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday be celebrated? It should be celebrated in many different ways. Dr. King was an intellectual who reflected seriously and…
For Carib News 1/18/17 We are approaching a strange week in American history. In the same week that the nation celebrated the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the latter part…
By Juliet Linderman and Eric Tucker In Baltimore’s Sandtown-WInchester, every day is an ongoing Katrina BALTIMORE (AP) — The scathing findings of a federal investigation into Baltimore police practices after…
By Jared Bernstein The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gestures during a speech at a Chicago Freedom Movement rally at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 10, 1966. (Afro…