For Carib News 9/15/16 Secretary of State, John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, have chiseled out a tentative ceasefire that began Monday, September 12 and if the ceasefire holds, more…
By Vijay Prashad What is happening in America? The city of Milwaukee in the State of Wisconsin was convulsed in violence after the fatal shooting of a black man by police…
By Jane McAlevey Photo Credit: twbuckner / Wikimedia The following is an adapted excerpt from the new book No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey (Oxford…
Are you ready to vote? Are you registered? These may seem like simplistic questions, especially for those who are aware, but every year some folks are denied access to the polls because…
The last time I saw James Baldwin was at a memorial colloquium on Hoyt Fuller at Cornell University in 1984 at which we were both presenting. He was talking, as…
For Carib News 9/8/16 The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a heavily redacted findings into the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation. As Bernie Sanders pointed out in the Democratic Primary,…
by Robert J. Barsocchini As Colin Kaepernick’s choice to remain seated for the US national anthem continues to highlight and provoke conversation about racism and oppression in the country,…
While millions of children (and teachers) welcome the call to go back to school in August and early September, all is not well in classrooms and school districts around the…
By Jamiles Lartey The story of 13-year-old Cornelius Hawkins and 271 other enslaved black Americans sold “down the river” by cash-strapped administrators during Georgetown University’s early years, is compelling precisely because of how…
The Epidemic of Violence and Fratricide in Chicago and America’s Dark Ghettos The tragic death of Nykea Aldridge, the cousin of basketball star Dwayne Wade, has once again called the…
By Herb Boyd In one way Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49’ers quarterback, brought to mind the courageous act of Rosa Parks, who chose to sit rather than move…
Colin Kaepernick. (photo: Peter Joneleit/Cal Sport Media/AP Images) By Jon Schwarz, The Intercept Before a preseason game on Friday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the playing of…