By Areva Martin It’s become a genuine movement. A vehicle for change. Nationally, a mouthpiece intimately connected to and driving much of America’s conversation surrounding criminal justice reform, an end…
By Charles Derber and Yale Magrass The following is an excerpt from the new book Bully Nation by Charles Derber & Yale R. Magrass (University Press of Kansas, 2016): On October 1,…
Jerome Taylor, PhD1 BY JUSTICE I MEAN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RACIAL EQUITY estimated here as the ratio of black over white achievement proficiencies in reading and math. Where this…
A book honoring the African Diaspora leaders across the globe who have accomplished outstanding tasks and who have demonstrated excellent professionalism and character while performing duties related to Africa and…
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda (left), in conversation with (from second left) Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Bernardo Guanche Hernández; and Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade…
By Sujatha Fernandes A “home for sale” sign in Santiago de Cuba. Far fewer Afro-Cubans get remittances from family overseas, and residents of eastern Cuba, more heavily Afro-Cuban than the west,…
By Jorge Martín On Friday May 13th, Venezuelan president Maduro extended the “Economic Emergency Decree” which had given him special powers in January, and further decreed a 60-day State of…
By Anton Edmunds WASHINGTON, United States– At the end of a recent speech on U.S.–Jamaica relations, former Jamaican diplomat Ambassador Curtis Ward weighed in on what he termed the…
By Alecia Smith-Edwards KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of finance and the public service, Audley Shaw, says Jamaica must move with urgency to develop a medical marijuana industry. He pointed…
By: Kiratiana Freelon The campaign included 15 photos of Afro-Colombians shot low-key, which yields the entire photo in various shades of black. The man seen in this photo, “the black angel,”…
By: Tracy L. Scott An outside shot of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Race can be a polarizing topic in…
Note: I knew Michael Ratner was ill and was hoping he would recover but sadly tonight we found out he didn’t. I got to know Michael when he was representing Julian Assange…