Dr. Maulana Karenga Every people must have, put forth and pursue a clear and compelling vision of what it wants for itself, of what it defines and seeks as a…
By Christian Christensen The media (and this photoshop effort) have often made appear Donald Trump appear larger than he is. “For pundits and journalists in the US it’s convenient to…
A recent article in the Atlantic summed up this perspective with the tagline, “At this polarized moment, it’s incremental change or nothing.” This view, however, leaves out a critical driver of social transformation….
Pundits wrote the socialist senator off after Super Tuesday, but he came roaring back with a stunning upset in Michigan. Now his formidable ground campaign is kicking into high gear in…
As presidential campaigns descend on Illinois for Tuesday’s primary, a closely watched local race could yield the first electoral impact of the Black Lives Matter movement and the nationwide conversation on police killings. Incumbent…
By: Damon Young This photo featuring a lynching of a black man was embedded into the decorative table at a Joe’s Crab Shack in Roseville, Minn.WCCO screenshot What is Joe’s Crab…
Senator Bernie Sanders doesn’t get race! He gets economics, he gets Wall Street, he gets trade, and he gets distribution. He just doesn’t get race. Perhaps one of his lowest moments in this…
By Harold Meyerson / The American Prospect Photo Credit: AFP Photo/Jewel Samad Much as I’ve liked Bernie Sanders, I never believed he’d be a stronger candidate than Hillary Clinton in the November…
By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout “American democracy, always limited, has been drifting substantially toward plutocracy,” Noam Chomsky says. “But these tendencies are not graven in stone.”(Photo: Andrew Rusk; Edited: LW / TO) We…
BY JESSE JACKSON March 8, 2016 Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan denounced Donald Trump for playing footsie with David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan, saying Republicans are…
By Donna Smith “From Maine to California the American people understand that establishment politics and establishment economics is not working,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders to great applause during a campaign…