A row of activists with linked arms at a Black Lives Matter protest in Baltimore on April 29, 2015. (Flickr / Arash Azizzada) In the early moments of the uprising…
By Roseanne Scotti / Drug Policy Alliance Mustafa Willis had a job and no criminal record. After being arrested in Newark, he was forced to remain in jail for months because…
By Elizabeth Pears STRENGTH IN NUMBERS: Protesters march past the Houses of Parliament [PIC CREDIT: Thabo Jaiyesimi] THOUSANDS OF people marched peacefully from Brixton to Parliament on Saturday (Aug 1)…
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Greg Akili and Bill Fletcher.
By Seth Ackerman Bernie Sanders at the Netroots Nation conference this month. (Photo: Prez C / Flickr) Hillary Clinton is an astute campaigner. In a Facebook Q&A the other day,…
By Christian Parenti July 28, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “Jacobin” – How did we get here? The numbers are chilling: 2.2 million people behind bars, another 4.7 million on…
By Alicia Garza, Participants in the Cleveland convening of the Movement for Black Lives take part in an impromptu dance and drumming circle on the campus of Cleveland State University….
By Roque Planas NEW YORK — Black activists and immigrant groups across the country are pressing the Obama administration to take a stronger stand on what they call a human…
A neighborhood on Chicago’s Westside. (photo: Reuters) By Emily Badger There are neighborhoods on the West Side of Chicago where nearly every block has been painted red — a sign,…

By Rev Jesse Jackson Today this systematic analysis is needed perhaps more than at any other time in our history. As the Rev Clyde Grubbs, of Tuckerman Creative Ministries for…
By: Theresa Thompson While speaking at the NAACP national convention earlier this month, President Barack Obama endorsed “banning the box” on job applications so that formerly incarcerated people, like…
By Mark Winston Griffith His nickname was Mike-Mike and his favorite color was blue. The morning workshop portion on the first day of the gathering was over, and the afternoon…