By Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland and Jamiles Lartey in New York Black Americans are more than twice as likely to be unarmed when killed during encounters with police as white…
As a visit to post-uprising Baltimore confirms, high-profile police murders are only part of the problem. (photo: Robert Stolarik/NYT) By Matt Taibbi When Baltimore exploded in protests a few weeks…
By Lwando Xaso Johannesburg – ‘It is for those of us who have the means, to contribute to the efforts to repair the damage wrought by the past. It is…
by David A. Love DECEMBER 6: People aim cell phones at a speaker in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre as they march on Hollywood Boulevard to protest the decision in…

By Tony Fletcher King plays during his 10,000th career performance in an appearance at his club in New York in 2006. (Credit: AP/Richard Drew) We all have to go sometime. And hopefully, B….
BY: DANIELLE C. BELTON A child runs past a mural in West Baltimore on May 3, 2015, two days after Baltimore authorities released a report on the death of Freddie Gray.PATRICK…
by CHUCK EPSTEIN Media coverage of the events unfolding in Baltimore connected with the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black , carry a familiar theme: protestors gather to demonstrate…
Dr. Maulana Karenga Part II. It is important to note that Dr. Nathan Hare’s intentionsand initiatives are emancipatory, i.e., focused on and pursued with the liberation of our people as the central…
BY: DIANA OZEMEBHOYA EROMOSEL Freddie Gray YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT Freddie Gray—that was his “government” name; his friends knew him as Pepper—kept the ladies laughing and liked to get fresh with fashion accessories…

The Baltimore uprising seemingly scored a major victory on Friday, when Baltimore’s chief prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, announced the six police officers involved in Freddie Gray’s death have been charged with murder, manslaughter and other counts.
Baltimore residents born when Ronald Reagan was elected are now 35, old enough to have children of their own, and many do.

by Carimah Townes CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon Kevin Moore, the man who filmed police arresting Freddie Gray and dragging him on the ground was arrested on Thursday night, along with two other cop…