The wide sweep of history ultimately finds its foundation in the lives of the people who make it. At the heart of the history we make are men…
The wide sweep of history ultimately finds its foundation in the lives of the people who make it. At the heart of the history we make are men…
As Barack Obama’s presidency counts down its last months, amid the raucous babble of the Republican presidential debate, people are beginning to realize how much we will miss Obama’s…
Dr. Maulana Karenga Every people must have, put forth and pursue a clear and compelling vision of what it wants for itself, of what it defines and seeks as a…
Senator Bernie Sanders doesn’t get race! He gets economics, he gets Wall Street, he gets trade, and he gets distribution. He just doesn’t get race. Perhaps one of his lowest moments in this…
BY JESSE JACKSON March 8, 2016 Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan denounced Donald Trump for playing footsie with David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan, saying Republicans are…
By Tennyson Joseph IN A RECENTLY published journal article, I argued that Caribbean election results roughly since 2000 have been reflecting a “collapse of the post-colonial order”. My main argument…
The Crisis of American Democracy America prides itself in being the world’s oldest democracy and in the past, has been unafraid to export these values to the rest of…
Dr. Maulana Karenga As we mark this year’s Black History Month II: Women Focus, we will again pay rightful homage to Black women, African women everywhere—to the pioneers, heroines,…
By: Kirsten West Savali Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders shake hands at the start of their MSNBC Democratic Candidates Debate Feb. 4, 2016, in Durham, N.H. …
Prisoners inside prison yard. (photo: AP) By John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News The country’s two largest private prison corporations, GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) released their annual financial…
BY JESSE JACKSON March 1, 2016 Presidential campaigns often turn raw. Politicians reach for sound bites that bite. Often they gain by playing on fears, winning by division, not…