David Goldman / AP By Yoni Appelbaum On Wednesday night, Dylan Roof, a 21-year-old white man, walked into a prayer meeting at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. For an…
Dorothy Johnson-Speight Responses to Violence and Crime Philadelphia, PA Galen Baughman Indefinite Detention Arlington, VA Maya Foa Capital Punishment London, UK Rachel Herzing Policing Oakland, CA Andrea James Incarceration’s Impact…
In Alice Walker’s short story“The Flowers,” a little girl happens upon the decomposing body of a lynching victim while she is out picking flowers. Walker contrasts the light tranquility of the…

By: Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. Haitian sugarcane workers demonstrate to demand pensions, to which they are entitled by law, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 8, 2015. At the height of…

By Dennis Weiser Corporate propaganda has convinced the populace that government alone is to blame for our problems, rather than the fusion of corporate power and government decision-making. (Image: Businessmen backlit via Shutterstock)…
The Rev. Jamal Bryant and others raise their fists during a protest march around the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, Friday, May 1, 2015, in Baltimore. State’s Attorney Marilyn…
(TriceEdneyWire.com) –– Preparing for a visit next month by President Barack Obama, officials of Siaya County in Kenya will spend 1 million shillings or just over $10,000 on the restoration,…
By: Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. Haitian sugarcane workers demonstrate to demand pensions, to which they are entitled by law, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 8, 2015. At the…

Another year has passed, Limbiko, and come and gone again is the special day and month, May 3rd, when your mother and father brought you into being and you…
By Greg Grandin People born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian parents wait to receive copies of their personal documents in a special office created by the Haitian government. (Reuters/Ricardo…

Trade agreements boost economic growth, while destroying lives and livelihoods. By Rep. John Conyers — Earlier this year, former Florida governor Jeb Bush travelled to my hometown of Detroit to…
By William C. Anderson Black service members salute and pledge an oath of loyalty to a country that does not protect them after they have protected it. “If violence is…