
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson “Does anyone hear us pray? For Michael Brown or Freddie Gray Peace is more than the absence of war.” “If there ain’t no justice then there…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson “Does anyone hear us pray? For Michael Brown or Freddie Gray Peace is more than the absence of war.” “If there ain’t no justice then there…
When Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced that Harriet Tubman would grace the new $20 bill, my heart sang hallelujah. Additional changes to the currency were also announced. The back of the $10…
By D.D. Guttenplan Hillary Clinton reacts as she arrives onstage at her New York presidential primary-night rally in Manhattan, April 19, 2016. (Reuters / Mike Segar) New York—By noon, when it became clear…
The 2016 Presidential primaries have certainly made more voters pay attention to what is at stake in the Presidential election of 2016. The cutting edge issues are quite variegated…
There is no easy way or walk to freedom; no shortcuts to justice; no quick fix for conceiving and constructing the good and sustainable society and world we all want…
By Michelle Alexander It is often said that if we do not learn from our history we are doomed to repeat it. I applaud Rep. Rush’s apology for supporting…
April 12, 2016 This country has made remarkable progress on civil rights over our history. We’ve moved from slavery to segregation to equal rights under the law. African-Americans have…
For Carib News 4/13/16 Michael Manley, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, aptly stated that in a capitalist society the people are guests in the house of capitalists but…
Former President Bill Clinton had a heated exchange with a protester during a rally for Hillary Clinton on Thursday in Philadelphia. (photo: Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer/AP) By Michelle Alexander Bill…
By: Lauren Victoria Burke A Black Lives Matter protester is kept out of the main ballroom during the U.S. Conference of Mayors 84th Winter Meeting at the Capitol Hilton in…
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton earning cool points on the Arsenio Hall Show Just when I thought former president Bill Clinton could not surpass his most racially offensive moment, he outdoes…
There is not a day that dawns that I do not read, remember and meditate on the sacred wisdom and mind-expanding insights of our ancestors—whether from my mother and…