By Barrett Holmes Pitner The movement has certainly gained attention. But its decentralized structure means it runs the risk of going the way of Occupy Wall Street. Ferguson is the…
Prisoners and guard at Louisiana State Penitentiary, in Angola, La. By Jason Stanley In 1980, there were 500,000 Americans in prison or jail. By 2013, there were more than 2.3…
By Steven HsiehTwitter Amarion Allen, 11-years-old, stands in front of a police line shortly before shots were fired in a police-officer involved shooting in Ferguson, Missouri August 9, 2015. (Reuters/Rick…
By Aaron Morrison President Barack Obama hasn’t leveraged the full force of federal agencies to target systemic and historical inequities that keep blacks in the U.S. behind whites in employment,…
By Jamil Smith @JamilSmith The activist group #BlackLivesMatter emerged out of the rage and mourning that accompanied George Zimmerman’s acquittal for the murder of Trayvon Martin more than three years…
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Maurice Carney, Monique Swift, Rev. Waltrina Middleton and Julius Garvey
Aug 7, 2015 | By CAP Action War Room The Crazy Things The Republican Candidates Said, And The Important Things They Left Out Yesterday morning the Cleveland Plain Dealer featured…
By James Surowiecki Donald Trump’s campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again!” A better one might be “Only in America.” You could not ask for a better illustration of the…
By Lamont Lilly, Participants in the Movement for Black Lives Convening in Cleveland, Ohio, participate in the gathering’s Opening Ceremony. (Photo: Layla Amatullah Barrayn) The Movement for Black Lives National…
By William C. Anderson, The Black vote seems to matter more to some than Black life itself. This election season has inspired presidential candidates to engage in an array of…
By: Peniel E. Joseph Residents cast their votes at a polling place in Ferguson, Mo., Nov. 4, 2014. The national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights…
By: Wade Henderson Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Dr. Ben Carson and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stand onstage prior to the Voters First Presidential Forum for Republicans at St….