Commentaries/Opinions

by Todd Steven Burroughs

Once upon a time, from 1968 to 1973, there was a public television show called “Soul!” that had the budget and the courage to present 360 degrees of “uncensored, undiluted Blackness.” A recent “Soul! Summit” explored ways to recreate a media miracle, brought forth by a people’s struggle.

By Bill Bigelow Anti-bullying curricula are the rage these days. But as teachers endeavor to build a culture of civility among young people in school, the official history curriculum they…

By Reginald Dumas In March 2007 Amnesty International (AI) published a report which stated that some 20-30,000 Haitians were expelled every year from the Dominican Republic (DR) and that many…

The Congress, that polls show the American people would like to replace in its entirety, has “kicked the can down the road” again, putting off the government shutdown until January…

Families and former prisoners held for years in solitary confinement expressed optimism October 9 after the first of several California Public Safety Committee hearings about the punishment, promised in exchange…

I squirmed in my seat. It was painful to watch the recent Affirmative Action argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. Michigan’s smoothly persuasive call to end Affirmative Action was met by…

By Chris Hedges The final days of empire give ample employment and power to the feckless, the insane and the idiotic. These politicians and court propagandists, hired to be the…

Paul Buchheit for BuzzFlash at Truthout: The property rights of indigenous Americans were stolen by European conquest.  That is what Columbus Day represents.  He didn’t discover a new world; it…