
These men and women played an important role in shaping America in its infancy, but do not have the name recognition of Ben Franklin or Thomas Jefferson. By Olivia B….
These men and women played an important role in shaping America in its infancy, but do not have the name recognition of Ben Franklin or Thomas Jefferson. By Olivia B….
By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee — On May 20th, The New York Times published a meticulously documented series entitled, “The Ransom,” detailing the devastating impact of the so-called “Independence Tax”…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In our long, difficult, dangerous and demanding struggles to liberate ourselves as African peoples, to regain our freedom we had at birth and enjoyed for…
Congress has the power to make sure government serves the public interest. Conducting investigations is one way lawmakers do that. By Claire Leavitt, The Conversation — In a series of…
A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with firearms – and their willingness to accept gun violence as a price of freedom. By Pierre…
By Glynda Carr — The Supreme Court just dealt a devastating blow to reproductive rights. With its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, five Republican-appointed Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court swept…
By Julianne Malveaux — As soon as the Supreme Court announced its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a decision that allowed states, not the federal government to…
By W. T. Whitney, CounterPunch — The comment overflowed with enthusiasm: “June 19 will be remembered as a day of the people and will be a moment of celebration for democracy ……
This is Black Music Month and we share again these sensitivities, thoughts and practice of Blackness as music and magic at the highest and deepest level. By Dr. Maulana Karenga…
By Julianne Malveaux — Juneteenth, or June 19, 2022, was marked with fireworks and concerts, parades, and proclamations, a big difference from Juneteenth a year ago when President Biden signed…
By Ben Jealous — June is Pride month in the United States. In big cities and small communities, LGBTQ+ people and their friends, families, and allies will celebrate freedom and…
By Ben Jealous — The young man who murdered 10 people in Buffalo, New York on May 14, was out to kill Black people. He chose a grocery store because…