February 8, 2016 I recently penned an article in which I encouraged President Obama to visit Haiti before the end of his term, to pay tribute to the unique history/heritage…
By Chris Hedges Above Photo: The Flint Water Plant tower in Michigan. (ehrlif / Shutterstock) What is in the mind of someone who knowingly poisons children and impairs their lives? Why did…
By Ta-Nehisi Coates Tulsa burns in the race riots of 1921. Wikimedia There have been a number of useful entries in the weeks since Senator Bernie Sanders declared himself against reparations….
Feb. 8th, 2016. Despite the expansive access to higher education in recent decades, there is still an awful lot of ignorance prevailing in the electorate. It appears there is…
February 9, 2016 For the residents of Flint, Mich., the water crisis continues. Their governor and President Obama have declared states of emergency. Congress is holding hearings. Presidential candidates…
I am looking forward to November 8, 2016, and to voting for Hilary Rodham Clinton to lead these United States. I am so extremely excited that a woman of character,…
By Robert Maguire February 7, 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the ouster of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier as President of Haiti, ending the 29 year Duvalier family dictatorship. When…
By Basil Wilson 2/6/16 The trumpet has sounded for the next general election. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announced at a mass rally in Half Way Tree on Sunday, January 31,…
BY JESSE JACKSON February 2, 2016 The basic story of the poisoning of the children of Flint, Mich., through the water they drink is now pretty well known, but…
Three unarmed black men encountered a group of white men walking down a dirt road in Slocum, Texas on July 29, 1910. Without warning, and with no reason, the white…
In the Sixties and even for a short time afterward, Blackness was conceived and engaged as a very serious and sacred thing. It was serious because it dealt with…
January 26, 2016 Why did Flint suffer a water catastrophe that now requires that children be treated as if they had been poisoned?It wasn’t because the people were negligent….