
By Michael HiltzikThe eruption of community protests that followed the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile last week placed the spotlight once again on racial disparities in American society….
By Michael HiltzikThe eruption of community protests that followed the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile last week placed the spotlight once again on racial disparities in American society….
By: Breanna Edwards President Barack Obama appears July 14, 2016, at a town hall airing on ABC in the aftermath of two black men being killed by police under dubious circumstances…
President Barack Obama. By Patrisse Cullors, Guardian UK Just days after several violent, deadly attacks on black people at the hands of the police, ABC invited families, organizers, officers and…
Professor Cornel West. (photo: VICE) By Cornel West, Guardian UK Along and deep legacy of white supremacy has always arrested the development of US democracy. We either hit it head…
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Almost 160,000 prisoners are currently serving life sentences in the United States; nearly 50,000 incarcerated people serving terms of life without parole. While mass incarceration has become a…
Directing Dollars Seen As a Way To Protest Recent Shootings Thousands Make Deposits in Black-owned Banks Michael Grant, President, National Bankers Association Reacting to the most recent wave of…
By: Jeanne Theoharis Martin Luther King Jr. (second from left) and his wife, Coretta Scott King, lead a civil rights march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital in Montgomery in…
On Wednesday, President Obama met at the White House with law enforcement officials and civil rights leaders. President Obama hosted the meeting one week after the fatal police shootings of…
By Dr Wendy C. Grenade The heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Guyana 4-6 July 2016 for their 37th regular conference. This meeting was held in…
By John Atcheson We can still celebrate a day off and enjoy our holiday, but is it any longer possible to deny just how much the democracy has been eroded…
Chairman of the Community and Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit, at the press conference at the end of the 37th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting. Flanking him are, left…
By: Jason Johnson Americans generally get a failing grade when it comes to knowing our “patriotic songs.” I know more people who can recite “America, F–k Yeah” from Team America than “America the…