By Tanya Steele Bree Newsome climbs a flagpole in Columbia, South Carolina. , Video still courtesy of The Tribe / Youtube., On Friday, June 24, I turned on my…
By Robert Borosage Greece is now on the brink. It cannot pay its creditors, starting with the missed payment to the International Monetary Fund. Its banks are closed, unable to…
(Left to right) Aiyegro Ome, chair of the TTNCR; Rodger Samuel, Minister of National Diversity & Social Integration; Winston Dookeran, Foreign Minister; Prof. Hilary Beckles. The University of the West…
By Jose Adan Silva The June 26 opening of the first Summit of Women Leaders of African Descent of the Americas Américas, when ended two days later in Managua with…
Bill Morlin June 26, 2015 Southern Poverty Law Center In what may not be a coincidence, a string of nighttime fires have damaged or destroyed at least six predominately black…
By Maya Schenwar Victoria Law. (Photo: PM Press)In Resistance Behind Bars, regular Truthout contributor Victoria Law provides much-needed documentation of collective organizing and the daily struggles inside women’s prisons. This second edition…
By A Mechele Dickerson The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a report this month that reveals stark disparities in the amount of wealth American households recovered after the 2007-2009 recession, with white-owned…
by ANDRE VLTCHEK Do not take the Latin American revolutions for granted. They inspired the entire Planet. They brought hope to every corner of our scarred Earth. But now they…
By Lucas Koerner Philadelphia, June 24, 2015 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared that his government would support an initiative by the Community of the Caribbean (CARICOM) to demand reparations…
Kearston Farr comforts her daughter, Taliyah Farr, 5, as they stand in front of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on June 19, 2015. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)…
By: Breanna Edwards Dylann Roof The president of a white supremacist group that was referenced in a manifesto attributed to accused Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal shooter Dylann Roof donated tens…
By Jamil Smith @JamilSmith A hated people need safe spaces, but often find they are scarce. Racism aims to crowd out those sanctuaries; even children changing into church choir robes…