By Michael McAuliff
WASHINGTON — For Verdis Daniels Jr., the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer in 2013 showed that maybe America hasn’t come so far since Daniels was an academic star at Texas’ Nacogdoches High School in 1976.
By Sharda Sekaran
The drug war is full of racism [3]and hypocrisy. It’s hard to argue against that reality. People intoxicate themselves, both illegally and legally, at much the same rates across racial lines.
By Joan Walsh
Maybe it was the very fact of enjoying a wonderful Christmas with my family and friends, against the manufactured backlash to a nonexistent “War on Christmas,” that let me appreciate the perilous mental state of a small but noisy and paranoid swath of white America.
The outpouring of emotion and dignified appreciation that has met the passing of Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013, flowed like a raging river from every nation and people on the planet.
By Rosa Brooks, Popular Resistance
A closer look at America’s incarceration nation.
This year began with promise. But, it ended with disappointment for many African-Americans. Tragically, this country is quite used to bad things happening to Black people especially within the justice system.
Though many Americans don’t know much about Kwanzaa, it’s a beautiful holiday that all can share in. Akiba Solomon of Colorlines.com, federal civil rights attorney Charles Coleman Jr., and Donna Washington, author…
For all the kids watching at home, Santa just is white . . . Santa is what he is . . . Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean it has to change. You know, I mean, Jesus was a white man, too. . . . He was a historical figure; that’s a verifiable fact, as is Santa. – Megyn Kelly, Fox News, December 11, 2013
Tessanne Chin has returned triumphantly to Jamaica after winning The Voice singing competition. Her splendid performance and achievement has brought much merriment to Jamaicans, those at home and those abroad.
The holiday is upon us. The streets and stores are gaily decorated; music is in the air. There’s a scurry for cards and presents; an expectation of families gathering.
By: Fidel Castro
Maybe the empire thought that we would not honor our word when, during days of uncertainty in the past century, we affirmed that even if the USSR were to disappear Cuba would continue struggling.
By David A. Comissiong
Human nature being what it is, it is perhaps inevitable that there will be some tension between our new multi-territory Federal State and the individual island-states. This is to be expected.
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