
b Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition at work Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed The first step toward recovery is acknowledging…
b Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition at work Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed The first step toward recovery is acknowledging…
Today America will choose those who will lead us over the next years. We will make a choice. Your first choice is to vote. Exercise your power. If you…
By: Jeffrey Wright The Mothers of the Movement standing behind Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (right) The Mothers of the Movement standing behind Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (right) Jeffrey…
Just a few days before the corrosive 2016 election, it occurs to me that no matter what the outcome, our social fabric has been shredded by the ugliness of this…
There is no written or reliable record on the day of her birth, but we do know the date of her transition, November 26, 1883; and we know too…
I’m writing two weeks before the November 8 election, writing and praying that Election Day comes sooner than it is supposed to. I did my early vote thing so that…
For Carib News 10/26/16 Another fortnight and the American people will choose who will be the 45th President of the United States. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have addressed the issue…
By: Taylor Campbell A man wears a shirt bearing names of black people shot by police in the form of the words “Black Lives Matter” at the site where an unarmed…
This is the month of remembering and raising up Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977), honored giant in a generation of great leaders. Let us, then, raise and praise…
October 18, 2016 The final presidential debate takes place Wednesday night in Las Vegas, the famed home of boxing, wrestling and MMA showdowns. Millions will tune in looking for another slugfest. But…
By Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine The tweet by Bree Newsome came as people around the country, but especially Black people, were struggling to come to terms with the recent…
BY JESSE JACKSON Sexual boasting, emails, tax returns, deplorables — the second presidential debate Sunday featured insults wrapped up in put-downs. This debate was held within miles of Ferguson, Mo., but it…