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 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…
By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Barack Obama on this night of his first election in Chicago. Donald Trump’s victory was a reaction to the first African-American president, Rev….
November 22, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump protests that he isn’t really the racist, sexist, anti-immigrant Islamaphobe that his rhetorical excesses in the presidential campaign suggested he was. Then he appoints…
For Carib News 11/21/16 When Barack Obama was first elected in 2008 to the Presidency of the United States, there was much talk that the country had entered into a post-racial period….
The apprehension that I felt upon Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election has only increased as he has announced the appointments of his chief of staff, strategist, and cabinet…
No matter how things go down Tuesday night, we must wake up Wednesday morning still in struggle and reaffirm without unrealistic hope or paralyzing horror, that there is…
I began election night with exuberance. I was among the many who forecast a Hillary win. The only disagreement among my circle was how big the Hillary rout would be….
For Carib News 11/9/16 When this article is published, America would have elected the 45th President of the United States. Irrespective of which candidate wins the Electoral College vote, the issues…
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…