By Jose Adan Silva The June 26 opening of the first Summit of Women Leaders of African Descent of the Americas Américas, when ended two days later in Managua with…
By Suzy Khimm When President Obama broke out into “Amazing Grace,” to the astonishment of millions who were watching and would watch his speech on Friday, it was a moment…
Bill Morlin June 26, 2015 Southern Poverty Law Center In what may not be a coincidence, a string of nighttime fires have damaged or destroyed at least six predominately black…
Harold Covington, a right-wing science fiction writer, is the founder of the white separatist group, the Northwest Front, which Dylann Roof mentions in his alleged manifesto. Photograph: YouTube By Sam…

By Maya Schenwar Victoria Law. (Photo: PM Press)In Resistance Behind Bars, regular Truthout contributor Victoria Law provides much-needed documentation of collective organizing and the daily struggles inside women’s prisons. This second edition…
By A Mechele Dickerson The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a report this month that reveals stark disparities in the amount of wealth American households recovered after the 2007-2009 recession, with white-owned…
by ANDRE VLTCHEK Do not take the Latin American revolutions for granted. They inspired the entire Planet. They brought hope to every corner of our scarred Earth. But now they…
By: Peniel E. Joseph U.S. President Barack Obama sings ‘Amazing Grace’ while delivering the eulogy for South Carolina state senator and Rev. Clementa Pinckney during Pinckney’s funeral service June 26,…
Yesterday, Air Force One touched down in Charleston South Carolina as the President of the United States arrived for the funeral of the late State Senator, Reverend Clementa Pinckney, one…

Mark Peterson/Corbis Days after the massacre at a black church in South Carolina, some Americans woke to a vile surprise: KKK fliers with candy on their lawns. The propaganda—stuffed into plastic…
By Lucas Koerner Philadelphia, June 24, 2015 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared that his government would support an initiative by the Community of the Caribbean (CARICOM) to demand reparations…
Kearston Farr comforts her daughter, Taliyah Farr, 5, as they stand in front of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on June 19, 2015. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)…