
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…
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…
By: Wade Henderson The possible loss of Howard University’s PBS affiliate could be a tipping point toward the extinction of black-owned broadcast media, but the Federal Communications Commission has no sense…
June 14, 2016 Orlando now will be added to the haunting list — Newtown, Conn., Virginia Tech, San Bernardino, Calif., Charleston, S.C., Aurora, Colo. and more. USA Today provides a…
For C arib News 6/16/16 Orlando is known as the city of Disney World, where families take their children to enjoy the make believe world of cartoon characters. On Sunday morning,…
Muhammad Ali was, among other things, a proud Black man. He embraced his Blackness, and often referred to it. He is often quoted for saying he had no quarrel with…
June 7, 2016 On Tuesday of this week, California and New Jersey will be the last big states to have primaries. (Residents in the District of Columbia vote in a…
By William C. Anderson When Guido Menzio sat down on a regional jet for a short flight from Philadelphia to Syracuse, New York, he certainly couldn’t have guessed what…
By: Lawrence Ross Three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali is greeted by the crowd the men’s 54kg boxing bouts at the Sydney Exhibition Centre during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney,…