
By Jeronimo Saldana and Maritza Perez / AlterNet In the summer of 2014, after serving 18 years of a life sentence on felony drug charges, Jason Hernandez of Denton, Texas became the first Latino…
By Jeronimo Saldana and Maritza Perez / AlterNet In the summer of 2014, after serving 18 years of a life sentence on felony drug charges, Jason Hernandez of Denton, Texas became the first Latino…
By Maria Fabrizio (Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs) On Monday June 13, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust to…
By Andrew Faull …With Violent Policing June days in South Africa can be dark, cold and short. The sun rises late and sets early. Highland frosts feel their way through…
By Isaiah Poole Former Ohio state senator and campaign surrogate Nina Turner speaking at the People’s Summit in Chicago over the weekend. (Photo: Twitter/@NicholsUprising) After an intense weekend of speeches…
Why are Black voices drowned out within the LGBT community? By Kevin Maxwell Like most people, I felt genuinely sick when I heard about the mass shooting at a Lesbian,…
By Jaskiran Dhillon, Truthout Rezpect Our Water campaign youth leaders (left to right) Tokata Iron Eyes, AnnaLee Yellow Hammer, Precious Winter Roze Bernie and Winona Gayton stand in defense of land and water. (Photo:…
By Noble Jay Ali Now that Microsoft has determined jumping into a nascent industry still fighting for legitimacy is worth the risk, it is clear the marijuana business is no longer just a…
In his classic work, The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon laid out an extensive explanation of how an oppressed people, which does not fight fiercely and self-consciously against…
By Adam Sanchez Above Photo: Stokely Carmichael delivers his “Black Power” speech at a rally in Broad Street Park in Greenwood, Mississippi. From zinnedproject.org Note: This article points out that people are…
By: Allison Keyes People pray in front of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on July 17, 2015, the one-month anniversary of the mass shooting at the church. John Moore/Getty…
By: Milton Washington Scene from commercial for laundry detergent that aired in China YouTube screenshot “Now the Chinese are talking s–t about us, too?” My friend Keba semiwhispered, wide-eyed, leaning into…
By Matt Stannard, Public Banking Institute — I’m for public banks because people have a right to share in sustainable abundance, such abundance is relatively easy to achieve structurally and…