By Malcolm Jones In 1964, Martin Luther King became the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. When he accepted the prize, he delivered a speech that has…
ATLANTA (AP) — The King Center in Atlanta is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday Monday at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The commemorative service caps more…
PRIME MINISTER of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves is urging young people not to waiver in their fight for reparations. Gonsalves spoke at the Inaugural Pan African Colloquium…
A man who did not wish to be identified, who lost his job two months ago after being hurt on the job, works to collect money for his family on…
By Ari Berman James Harris walks into his polling place to vote in Ferguson, Missouri, in April 2015. (AP Photo / Jeff Roberson) At the time of Mike Brown’s shooting in Ferguson, Missouri,…
By Stephen Marche You feel your whiteness properly at the American border. Most of the time being white is an absence of problems. The police don’t bother you so you…
Logged In: How the New Economy Makes It Harder Than Ever to Untangle Capitalism From Our Daily Lives
It’s a familiar pattern. First there’s an economic crisis. Then comes an enormous restructuring of capital — and with it a restructuring of labor — throwing past certainties into doubt….
By Phillip Smith / Alternet An as yet unnamed man killed by police in Rawlins, Wyoming, on December 30, after they were called to a convenience store about a person believed to be selling…
By Syed Mohammad Ali The writer holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne and is the author of Development, Poverty and Power in Pakistan, available from Routledge Conspiracy theorists…
By Raj Patel The Studebakers plying up and down Havana’s boardwalk aren’t the best advertisement for dynamism and innovation. But if you want to see what tomorrow’s fossil-fuel-free, climate-change-resilient, high-tech farming…
By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speaks to a crowd in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) In a violent and fragmented society, sometimes…
By Jean H Charles December 28, 2015, marked the 200th anniversary (December 28, 1815) of the visit by Simon Bolivar to Les Cayes, Haiti, seeking assistance from Alexander Petion, president…