By Milton G. Allimadi Let Tarzan Rest In Peace Why and how does Hollywood still make a film about a White man, Tarzan, as King of the African jungle? Tarzan…
by Netfa Freeman “The economic and political hegemony enjoyed by both Western Europe and the U.S. is at the expense of the “underdeveloped” world.” While much of the discourse and…
By NAILA KELETA-MAE On Sunday night, Jesse Williams delivered an acceptance speech that embodied the tone and sophistication of the black activism that’s shaping conversations about social justice in the…
It is good to rebel; it is right to revolt; and it is morally compelling to confront and resist evil, injustice and oppression in all their forms wherever…
June 28, 2016 Brexit — the stunning British vote to leave the European Union — is a clear and dramatic rebuke of the country’s political and economic elites. A…
By Basil Wilson For Carib News 6/26/16 Is London Bridge falling down? British voters exercised their self-determination rights to make their abrupt exit from the European Union. Those who voted to leave amassed fifty-two…
BY JESSE JACKSON June 21, 2016 Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president, is now sorting out her pick for her running mate and potential vice president. She’s…
By Jamelle Bouie Texas Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth isn’t just a celebration of emancipation, it’s a celebration of our commitment to make it real. Officially, the Emancipation Proclamation freed “all persons…
In his classic work, The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon laid out an extensive explanation of how an oppressed people, which does not fight fiercely and self-consciously against…
The cretin who took an assault weapon into Pulse, an Orlando nightclub, on “salsa night” is beneath contempt. Was his target the LBGTQ community, Latinos, or simply human beings? After all, it…
Professor Cornel West. (photo: Robin Holland) By George Souvlis, openDemocracy Last year, when Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the US presidency, few believed that it…
By Jeet Heer Imagine an autopsy that concludes the cause of death was a drug overdose. After the funeral, distraught family members assemble to talk about how they could have prevented…