New York, March 8, 2016…The National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) applauds and supports a resolution sponsored by Illinois State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford which calls on President Obama…
By Tennyson Joseph IN A RECENTLY published journal article, I argued that Caribbean election results roughly since 2000 have been reflecting a “collapse of the post-colonial order”. My main argument…
The Crisis of American Democracy America prides itself in being the world’s oldest democracy and in the past, has been unafraid to export these values to the rest of…
By Kassandra Frederique February 29, 2016 http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/mama-roz-preudhomme-when-you-honor-me-you-honor-those-who-came-me <image001.jpg> She carries the name of the two women that she loves the most, her godmother and her grandmother, her name…
Cornel West. (photo: AOL) By Sarah Mimms, VICE Hillary Clinton won the South Carolina primary on Saturday night by almost 50 percent of the vote, thanks in large part to her support from the…
By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca Some of the groups targeted by the FBI’s COINTELPRO. (Source: Zinn Ed Project) This month marks the 45th anniversary of a dramatic moment in U.S. history. On…
As the crises we face intensify, so does the cry for the Movement of Movements to coalesce into one mass movement for change. But herein lies a seeming paradox: This…
Dr. Maulana Karenga As we mark this year’s Black History Month II: Women Focus, we will again pay rightful homage to Black women, African women everywhere—to the pioneers, heroines,…
By Andrew J. Bacevic Whether or not Donald Trump ultimately succeeds in winning the White House, historians are likely to rank him as the most consequential presidential candidate of…
By: Kirsten West Savali Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders shake hands at the start of their MSNBC Democratic Candidates Debate Feb. 4, 2016, in Durham, N.H. …
Prisoners inside prison yard. (photo: AP) By John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News The country’s two largest private prison corporations, GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) released their annual financial…
by: Bill Fletcher, Jr. Socialism is not a thing; it is a process. It is a process of societal transformation with the aim of creating a free and egalitarian arrangement in…