Robin D. G. Kelley Monday, March 7, 2016- bostonreview.net Editors’ Note: Answer Robin Kelley‘s call for a rebirth of political education by organizing a reading group. To help you get started,…
By: D. Watkins DeRay Mckesson It’s almost been a year since the death of Freddie Gray––the innocent 25-year-old, unarmed black man who was enjoying a nice April day near his home in…
Some words seem rarely mentioned in this highly toxic political season. We’ve heard about bombs and walls, but very little about peace. One is almost tempted, when some of the…
by Richard W. Behan For 24 years Bill and Hillary Clinton have courted Wall Street money with notable success. During that time the New York banks contributed: * $11.17 million to…
By Janell Ross There are a series of disturbingly persistent themes in the many, many stories of unarmed and/or mentally ill Americans shot and killed by police. Among them are the…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Thursday March 17, 2016 – Six years after Haiti was devastated by the massive 2010 earthquake, many people in the impoverished Caribbean country continue to hold Hillary Clinton’s State Department…
By: Kirsten West Savali Donald Trump continues his march to the Republican presidential nomination, spurred on by tapping into the racist paranoia of white conservatives all across the country who…
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Photo Credit: Image by Shutterstock, Copyright (c) Joseph Sohm Bernie Sanders’ historic and expectation-surpassing bid for the Democratic presidential nomination ran into hard reality in several pivotal…
The wide sweep of history ultimately finds its foundation in the lives of the people who make it. At the heart of the history we make are men…
Danny Glover to join us for SOBWC IV The Institute of the Black World 21st Century has tapped Danny Glover, Actor, Humanitarian, Activist and Chairman of the Trans-Africa Forum to…
As Barack Obama’s presidency counts down its last months, amid the raucous babble of the Republican presidential debate, people are beginning to realize how much we will miss Obama’s…
By Richard Behan / AlterNet Photo Credit: Anthony Correia / Shutterstock For 24 years Bill and Hillary Clinton have courted Wall Street money with notable success. During that time the New York…