David Goldman / AP By Yoni Appelbaum On Wednesday night, Dylan Roof, a 21-year-old white man, walked into a prayer meeting at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. For an…
Dorothy Johnson-Speight Responses to Violence and Crime Philadelphia, PA Galen Baughman Indefinite Detention Arlington, VA Maya Foa Capital Punishment London, UK Rachel Herzing Policing Oakland, CA Andrea James Incarceration’s Impact…
In Alice Walker’s short story“The Flowers,” a little girl happens upon the decomposing body of a lynching victim while she is out picking flowers. Walker contrasts the light tranquility of the…

By Dennis Weiser Corporate propaganda has convinced the populace that government alone is to blame for our problems, rather than the fusion of corporate power and government decision-making. (Image: Businessmen backlit via Shutterstock)…
The Rev. Jamal Bryant and others raise their fists during a protest march around the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, Friday, May 1, 2015, in Baltimore. State’s Attorney Marilyn…
By David Commissiong The campaign to achieve the “payment” of Reparations to the nations and people of the Pan-African World for the atrocities committed against their ancestors and the…

By Adam Hudson, Truthout — In April, another unarmed Black person was killed by police. Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American male, was arrested by Baltimore police on April 12, given a…

Half Moon Caye Natural Monument in Belize. (Photo: anoldent/Wikimedia/cc) By Desmond Brown, IPS News Caribbean leaders on Saturday further advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference…

In response to the recent thawing of relations between the United States and Cuba, the focus of much US media has been on politics

By: Charles D. Ellison Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake pauses during a news conference at City Hall April 24, 2015 in Baltimore. Baltimore may be a much calmer city this…
Flight record shows path of small plane over Baltimore after rioting(0:31) Flight records maintained by the Web site Flightradar24 shows a small Cessna jet flying a precise formation over Baltimore…
By Michael Gould-Wartofsky, TomDispatch Last week, as Baltimore braced for renewed protests over the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) prepared for battle. With state-of-the-art surveillance of local…