By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande is to honor the memory of millions of slaves in an inaugural visit Sunday to a memorial in the French…
Half Moon Caye Natural Monument in Belize. (Photo: anoldent/Wikimedia/cc) By Desmond Brown, IPS News Caribbean leaders on Saturday further advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference…
In response to the recent thawing of relations between the United States and Cuba, the focus of much US media has been on politics
by Robert C. Koehler Activist DeRay Mckesson smacks down Wolf Blitzer: “You are suggesting this idea that broken windows are worse than broken spines, right?” The 21st century has skewed…
BY: DANIELLE C. BELTON A child runs past a mural in West Baltimore on May 3, 2015, two days after Baltimore authorities released a report on the death of Freddie Gray.PATRICK…
By Mark Weisbrot The recent Summit of the Americas has come and gone but the next few months and year will show whether it was a turning point in hemispheric…
By: Charles D. Ellison Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake pauses during a news conference at City Hall April 24, 2015 in Baltimore. Baltimore may be a much calmer city this…
Flight record shows path of small plane over Baltimore after rioting(0:31) Flight records maintained by the Web site Flightradar24 shows a small Cessna jet flying a precise formation over Baltimore…
by CHUCK EPSTEIN Media coverage of the events unfolding in Baltimore connected with the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black , carry a familiar theme: protestors gather to demonstrate…
By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of many of the most significant events of the Black Freedom Struggle of the 1960s. Two years ago, we celebrated the…
By Michael Gould-Wartofsky, TomDispatch Last week, as Baltimore braced for renewed protests over the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) prepared for battle. With state-of-the-art surveillance of local…
Dr. Maulana Karenga Part II. It is important to note that Dr. Nathan Hare’s intentionsand initiatives are emancipatory, i.e., focused on and pursued with the liberation of our people as the central…