
By Nathalie Baptiste / AlterNet Body cameras were going to be black America’s saving grace. Technology was going to bring to light the horrors of police violence in communities of color, while…
By Nathalie Baptiste / AlterNet Body cameras were going to be black America’s saving grace. Technology was going to bring to light the horrors of police violence in communities of color, while…
House Majority Leader Paul Ryan (R-WI) is anticipating a Trump win in November. Or, at least, he is preparing for it. He says that if Republicans hold sway in the…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump turns Will Rogers famed maxim that he never met a man he didn’t like on its head every time when…
Whatever else, the continued and recent rash of police killings of our people tell us about the police and the society that shelters and supports them and refuses to restrain…
BY JESSE JACKSON October 4, 2016 Blessed are those who plant seeds in the faith that others might enjoy the forest. This Saturday is my 75th birthday. I have been blessed to…
For Carib News 10/6/16 The election of 2016 has captured the imagination of the world. People in Europe, the Caribbean, in South and Central America are aghast at how someone inexperienced and…
From the Desk of Joe Beasley A Global Human Rights & Civil Rights Activist An Open Letter to Pope Francis His Holiness Pope Francis Apostolic Palace Vatican City 00120 September…
There is no question that Hillary Clinton “won” the September 26 Presidential debate. She was knowledgeable, composed, unflappable, and occasionally even funny. Her opponent, who had the temerity to criticize her “stamina”,…
Why Did Jesus Weep: Because #BlackLivesMatter Too? By Keith Magee Keith Magee, For the last four visible years America has endured, once again, the polarizing effects of racism and injustice. Yet,…
By William J. Barber, II Above Photo: CHARLOTTE, NC – SEPTEMBER 21: Protestors march down W.T. Harris Blvd. September 21, 2016 in Charlotte, NC. The protests began the previous night following…
By Julius W. Garvey, M.D. (Board-certified surgeon, leading the effort to secure a posthumous Presidential pardon for his father and civil rights leader, Marcus Garvey). PA/PA Archive Marcus Garvey was…
By Rev Jim Conn Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Here at the end of President Obama’s final term in office, we seem to be having the national conversation about race that…