By Sarah van Gelder Grace Lee Boggs, 1915-2015. (Photo by Eric Seals) This week, I returned to Detroit as I have every few years. On Thursday, I visited the James…
Above: People listen to speeches during the Justice or Else! rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC on October 10, 2015 (AFP Photo/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds) Twenty years after the Million Man…
It is a fundamental and timeless teaching in our sacred text, the Husia, that we are obligated “to bear witness to truth and set the scales of justice in their…
By Raulston NEMBHARD In attempting to reassert Britain’s geopolitical interests in the region, British Prime Minister David Cameron made a stop in Jamaica last week. He was given the customary…
All signs point to early elections in Jamaica. The new voter’s list was completed at the end of September and will be ready by the beginning of December. It would…
In Alabama, 50 years after Selma, voting rights are once more under assault. Even as Alabama finally took down its confederate flags this year, it has raised new obstacles to…
By Ricardo Makyn He is known for his roles in iconic films such as the Lethal Weapon series and the Color Purple, but a little less-known fact about actor Danny…
By Julia Craven WASHINGTON — In July 2013, Opal Tometi walked out of a New York movie theater. She had just finished watching Fruitvale Station, a film documenting the lead-up…
Cameron … of great significance are the actions that Britain took to wipe slavery off the high seas and off the planet. British Prime Minister David Cameron has told Jamaican…
By Milton Allimadi President Maduro, right, shown with State Senator Perkins. Photo: Black Star News Venezuelan Mentions Ferguson “Event” and Black Lives Matter Speaking before a welcoming audience in Harlem…
By Joel Northam The Black Lives Matter movement exhibited a schism since the first few days following the first Ferguson rebellion. I remember watching live streams of the rebellion early…