
President Barack Obama. By Patrisse Cullors, Guardian UK Just days after several violent, deadly attacks on black people at the hands of the police, ABC invited families, organizers, officers and…
President Barack Obama. By Patrisse Cullors, Guardian UK Just days after several violent, deadly attacks on black people at the hands of the police, ABC invited families, organizers, officers and…
Professor Cornel West. (photo: VICE) By Cornel West, Guardian UK Along and deep legacy of white supremacy has always arrested the development of US democracy. We either hit it head…
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Almost 160,000 prisoners are currently serving life sentences in the United States; nearly 50,000 incarcerated people serving terms of life without parole. While mass incarceration has become a…
One of the most important periods in the history of Black people and Black struggle is the Black Freedom Movement (1965-1975), not only because of its concrete legal, organizational,…
Directing Dollars Seen As a Way To Protest Recent Shootings Thousands Make Deposits in Black-owned Banks Michael Grant, President, National Bankers Association Reacting to the most recent wave of…
By: Jeanne Theoharis Martin Luther King Jr. (second from left) and his wife, Coretta Scott King, lead a civil rights march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital in Montgomery in…
On Wednesday, President Obama met at the White House with law enforcement officials and civil rights leaders. President Obama hosted the meeting one week after the fatal police shootings of…
(Left to right) Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza. Courtesy of Patrisse Cullors; Hank Willis Thomas/Courtesy of Opal Tometi; Kristin Little/Courtesy of Alicia Garza The Black Lives Matter movement…
July 12, 2016 “It is more dangerous to be black in America. You’re substantially more likely to be in a situation where police don’t respect you.” The speaker was not…
For Carib News 7/14/16 The French government must be relieved that the month long European Cup was completed without a terrorist incident. The tragedy is that France reached the final but…
By Jelani Cobb The least disputable measure of a bad week is any seven-day period that requires a body count at the end of it. Seven Americans in three different cities…
By: Charles D. Ellison Mourners sing and clap their hands at the Police Headquarters memorial for officers killed in the recent sniper attack in Dallas, Texas on July 10, 2016. The…