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…
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…