By Mychal Denzel Smith Demonstrators protest the death of Eric Garner on August 23, 2014, in Staten Island. (AP Photo / John Minchillo) Most of the work of movement building takes place…
By Jeffrey Blount (From February 14th Washington Post) Today is President’s Day. Through ceremony and remembrance, we celebrate our commanders in chief with a particular emphasis on the first, George Washington. Most…
By Tim Murphy Civil rights icon John Lewis told reporters that he never encountered Bernie Sanders when the Vermont senator was working with Lewis’ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s. Because…
By Jeff Cohen — Corporate mainstream media have sanitized and distorted the life and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr., putting him in the category of a “civil rights leader” who focused…
All roads in the Pan African world lead to Newark November 16-20 for what has the potential to be one of the most historic great gatherings of people of African…
February 8, 2016 I recently penned an article in which I encouraged President Obama to visit Haiti before the end of his term, to pay tribute to the unique history/heritage…
By Chris Hedges Above Photo: The Flint Water Plant tower in Michigan. (ehrlif / Shutterstock) What is in the mind of someone who knowingly poisons children and impairs their lives? Why did…
By Donna Murch In August 2015, an uncomfortable encounter between Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestors and Hillary Clinton finally broke the silence of many mainstream press outlets on the Clintons’…
By Ta-Nehisi Coates Tulsa burns in the race riots of 1921. Wikimedia There have been a number of useful entries in the weeks since Senator Bernie Sanders declared himself against reparations….
Feb. 8th, 2016. Despite the expansive access to higher education in recent decades, there is still an awful lot of ignorance prevailing in the electorate. It appears there is…
February 9, 2016 For the residents of Flint, Mich., the water crisis continues. Their governor and President Obama have declared states of emergency. Congress is holding hearings. Presidential candidates…
Haiti has reached a deal for a transitional government after President Michel Martelly’s term expired without an elected successor. Under the terms of the agreement, which was reached 22…