The speed with which American film star Danny Glover answered the question left no doubt about the strong position he holds on the issue. “Absolutely! That’s something I support,” he…
By Sarah van Gelder Grace Lee Boggs, 1915-2015. (Photo by Eric Seals) This week, I returned to Detroit as I have every few years. On Thursday, I visited the James…
By Joel Northam The Black Lives Matter movement exhibited a schism since the first few days following the first Ferguson rebellion. I remember watching live streams of the rebellion early…
By Jennifer Turner Next week, the U.N. Human Rights Council will formally adopt the first-ever U.N. report on mass incarceration. In this groundbreaking report, the U.N. high commissioner for human…
N”COBRA-Chicago’s Press Conference Address on the Omissions by the Pope on His Visit to America Good Evening. N’COBRA, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, Chicago Chapter would…
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. On August 8 in Ferguson, Missouri, demonstrators mark the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown., Scott Olson / Getty Images, Reprinted with permission from…
By Michelle Chen Pre-K students work on projects in San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) When people talk about “balancing work and family,” they’re usually talking more about the workplace…
By Kelly Hayes Young Black organizer and performing artist Ethan Viets-VanLear and Remy, a Diné, Navajo direct action trainer, worked in creative collaboration to combat police violence in Chicago in…
By Miriam Markowitz At Brooklyn’s predawn Jouvert celebration, pictured here, the shooting of an aide to Governor Cuomo brought the tradition into the national spotlight and kindled yet another debate…
By Lawrence Ware & Paul Buhle During the exhilarating and dangerous late 1960s and early 1970s, no world historical figure of older generations had a more militant defense of Black…
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By Adele Stan The Republican Party has a Donald Trump problem—and that has some Democrats thanking Lady Luck for apparently blowing on their dice. The casino mogul, after all, has…













