We in these United States love to bask in the glory of our “exceptionalism”. We are great, we are wonderful, we dominate the world. Scholars who study “us” say that…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Jim Brown “I fell in love with him because he really talks about helping black people.” The “he” is President-elect Donald Trump. The man that…
December 13, 2016 The CIA conclusion that the Russians intervened in our elections in order to help elect Donald Trump has sent Washington into one of its fabled tizzies. President…
By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! On Monday, over 2,000 people packed into Riverside Church in Manhattan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Democracy Now! It was an historic occasion…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson When Ben Carson emphatically declared that he has no government experience that would qualify him to run a federal agency, most took this to mean that…
For Carib News 12/5/16 The order of the post-World War 11 era that has given stability to Europe and the United States is being seriously eroded by the rise of white nationalist…
By: Charles D. Ellison Green Party nominee Jill Stein Green Party nominee Jill Stein Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Americans are, based on their loosely knit, religious-like obsession with professional sports,…
By Mike Ludwig — President-elect Donald Trump takes the stage after being introduced by Sen. Jeff Sessions during a campaign event at the Xfinity Arena in Everett, Washington, on August…
November 29, 2016 Fidel Castro, Cuba’s leader for almost six decades, has died at 90 in Havana. USA Today’s headline on Monday read, “No Mourning in Miami,” noting the…
For Carib News 11/28/16 Fidel Castro, a revolutionary leader of a Caribbean nation of eleven million people, has had an extra-ordinary impact on world society. His impact stretched beyond the shores of…
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. / AlterNet It is impossible to discuss Fidel Castro outside of an examination of the Cuban Revolution. And, while I hear that there are many Cuban…
By Robert Jensen / AlterNet One indication of moral progress in the United States would be the replacement of Thanksgiving Day and its self-indulgent family feasting with a National…