By Tomas Rios Serena Williams is shattering every record in tennis this year. Why isn’t she being paid like the women she is dominating in the process? Serena Williams is…
By Sarah Lazare A large crowd cheered as the Confederate flag was removed from the South Carolina statehouse on Friday. (Photo: Travis Dove/The New York Times ) Thousands flocked to…
by Benjamin Woods “Diplomatic relations can be established with the African Union to, at least, make a statement about the ongoing police violence against Black people in the diaspora.” Amilcar…
By John Vibes Former Federal Judge Nancy Gertner recently spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the damage that she saw the drug war inflict on people during her…
By MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT The revolving door: The list of financial giants that Holder’s Department of Justice – and his Covington & Burling bench team – have…
By Brigitte Vittrup (iStock) I’m a white woman married to a black man. Several years ago a friend’s 6-year-old son Jake met my husband for the first time. He looked…
By Flint Taylor The 20-year reign of police torture that was orchestrated by Commander Jon Burge—and implicated former Mayor Richard M. Daley and a myriad of high ranking police and…
By: Peniel E. Joseph Dominicans of Haitian descent queue up to legalize their status at the Interior Ministry in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on June 16, 2015. Haitian lives…
Greek Finance Minister Resigns Yanis Varoufaki, the Greek Finance Minister, published a statement on his blog entitled “Minister No More” announcing his resignation. In his statement he noted that shortly…
By: Charles D. Ellison Dylann Storm Roof appears in a mugshot from an arrest in Columbia, S.C., prior to the massacre of nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church…
BRIDGETOWN – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to attend this week’s Caribbean Community summit in Barbados, CARICOM officials said Tuesday, adding that the presence of the head of the…
By Shireen Ahmed and Dave Zirin Nigeria forward Ngozi Okobi celebrates scoring against Sweden in a Group D soccer match in the 2015 Women’s World Cup. (USA TODAY) As the…