
By Lauren Karaffa Slavery has been abolished in the United States since 1865, when the 13thAmendment was passed in the ashes of the Civil War. Well, almost abolished. Actually, the…
By Lauren Karaffa Slavery has been abolished in the United States since 1865, when the 13thAmendment was passed in the ashes of the Civil War. Well, almost abolished. Actually, the…
By: Allison Keyes People pray in front of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on July 17, 2015, the one-month anniversary of the mass shooting at the church. John Moore/Getty…
By: Milton Washington Scene from commercial for laundry detergent that aired in China YouTube screenshot “Now the Chinese are talking s–t about us, too?” My friend Keba semiwhispered, wide-eyed, leaning into…
The cretin who took an assault weapon into Pulse, an Orlando nightclub, on “salsa night” is beneath contempt. Was his target the LBGTQ community, Latinos, or simply human beings? After all, it…
Professor Cornel West. (photo: Robin Holland) By George Souvlis, openDemocracy Last year, when Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the US presidency, few believed that it…
By Jeet Heer Imagine an autopsy that concludes the cause of death was a drug overdose. After the funeral, distraught family members assemble to talk about how they could have prevented…
By Matt Stannard, Public Banking Institute — I’m for public banks because people have a right to share in sustainable abundance, such abundance is relatively easy to achieve structurally and…
By Steve Early, www.counterpunch.org As the 2016 primary season ends and Bernie Sanders backers look beyond next month’s Democratic convention in Philadelphia, many who’ve “felt the Bern” have their eye on…
By Shady Srour Americans today grow up in a system of white supremacy. This white supremacy is so ingrained, so deep and so penetrating that it becomes almost part of…
By: Wade Henderson The possible loss of Howard University’s PBS affiliate could be a tipping point toward the extinction of black-owned broadcast media, but the Federal Communications Commission has no sense…
By: Breanna Edwards An Ebony magazine cover from December 1974 Ebony Johnson Publishing announced Tuesday that it has sold Ebony and Jet magazines to an Austin, Texas-based private-equity firm, bringing to an end…
by José L. Flores The political and economic crisis in Venezuela is showing little signs of easing up. Similarly, the propagandistic reporting of this crisis is showing little signs of easing…