By Suzy Khimm If you had to explain in 60 seconds why Bernie Sanders remains a long shot to win the Democratic nomination, you could do worse than point to…

Part 1. When we remember and recount the sacred narrative of Nat Turner, we must remember also the Kawaida fundamental teaching that our oppressor cannot be our teacher, especially about…
By Paul Theroux The following is an excerpt from the new bookDeep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015): In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on a…

November 3, 2015 Across the country, parents have been in revolt against high-stakes standardized testing, with kids tested over and over again while creativity is cut out of classroom curricula….

With the new Investigate platform, people will be able to automatically scan their investment portfolios and find out if companies are invested in the prison industry. This free investment screening…
By Michelle Chen Formerly incarcerated New Yorkers rally with VOCAL to ban the box outside City Hall. (VOCAL) Each year, hundreds of thousands of people who have spent time behind…
By Hazel Trice Edney Members and supporters of the 300 Men March recently take to the streets to send a message in Baltimore and beyond. Leader, Munir Bahar, is determined…
By: Charles D. Ellison You can’t say we didn’t warn you, because we did. And after all that protesting noise all year about the plight of black folks under the…
BACK IN 2008, when I was competing in the US Open, I would keep little “match books,” where I’d write affirmations to myself and read them during matches. It worked…
From 528revolution.com. I admit to following the shenanigans of mainstream politicians, so much so that I sometimes slip into their assumptions even though I know I shouldn’t. One of their more…
By Susan Ferriss (Screengrab: @ShaunKinCaptured on video, a white South Carolina school police officer violently tosses a black student out of her desk, drags her across the floor and cuffs…

By Basil Wilson For Carib News 11/4/15 In his remaining tenure as President of the United States, President Obama has indicated his willingness to make changes in the United…