byHerbert Dyer, Jr. “I will state flatly that the bulk of this country’s white population impresses me, and has so impressed me for a very long time, as being beyond…

Note: In honor of Michael Brown, one year after his killing, protests are being held across the nation. Find one near you or create one at the Ferguson National Response…
By Laura Flanders Black Lives Matter cofounder Opal Tometi. (Photo: GritTV) What might a global Black Lives Matter movement look like? We may find out sooner than we think. I…
A row of activists with linked arms at a Black Lives Matter protest in Baltimore on April 29, 2015. (Flickr / Arash Azizzada) In the early moments of the uprising…
By Seth Ackerman Bernie Sanders at the Netroots Nation conference this month. (Photo: Prez C / Flickr) Hillary Clinton is an astute campaigner. In a Facebook Q&A the other day,…
By Christian Parenti July 28, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “Jacobin” – How did we get here? The numbers are chilling: 2.2 million people behind bars, another 4.7 million on…
By Alicia Garza, Participants in the Cleveland convening of the Movement for Black Lives take part in an impromptu dance and drumming circle on the campus of Cleveland State University….
By Roque Planas NEW YORK — Black activists and immigrant groups across the country are pressing the Obama administration to take a stronger stand on what they call a human…
By: Theresa Thompson While speaking at the NAACP national convention earlier this month, President Barack Obama endorsed “banning the box” on job applications so that formerly incarcerated people, like…
By Mark Winston Griffith His nickname was Mike-Mike and his favorite color was blue. The morning workshop portion on the first day of the gathering was over, and the afternoon…
July 25, 2015 BernieSanders.com Thank you for inviting me to be with you tonight. Thank you for the work you continue to do as leaders in civil rights. You…
By Alan Aja, Daniel Bustillo, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton Community and Occupy activists protest foreclosures, Brooklyn, December 2011 (Joe Lustri/Flickr) When President Lyndon Johnson gave his June 4,…