(TriceEdneyWire.com) — Tallahassee, Fla., Pastor Dr. R. B. Holmes, a leading activist working against hazing and “stand-your-ground” laws, has announced his candidacy for the presidency of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.
“Communities Rising” to end the drug war rally in front of San Francisco City Hall on June 17, 2011 (Photo: Bill Hackwell)U.S. attitudes towards the War on Drugs appear to be shifting away from prosecutions and incarcerations…
The White House is claiming that a secret programme to build a carefully-disguised “Cuban Twitter”, in order to foment political opposition to the Castro regime, was “not covert” but rather a “discreet” form of humanitarian assistance.
Judging simply by its name, the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition sounds like a worthy initiative.
The Caribbean Organisation of Indigenous Peoples (COIP) welcomes the initiative taken by CARICOM member states to establish National of Reparation Committees, to address the issue of ‘Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide’.
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) applauds the Washington District Council’s passing of the Marijuana Possession Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2014 (Council Bill 20-409).
One could imagine that inequality has been around forever, part of a natural process whenever people or groups compete.
Cesar Chavez’s personal aide Marc Grossman and organizer Rosalinda Guillen examine the current situation for farmworkers and whether the Senate’s immigration reform will improve their lives
While climate change reports are far from a new phenomenon, an international study released Monday morning should be enough to give any human being reason to act and/or demand action from legislators and the energy industry around them.
The United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has wrapped up the High-Level Segment portion of its annual meeting in Vienna.
I remain unapologetic in my support for, and advocacy on, the issue of reparations for the victims of genocide of the indigenous people of the Caribbean and the inhuman trade in African people.
Two weeks ago, while discussing the president’s position on the fight between the Senate and the CIA, I said that I thought we had clearly defined the limits of the president’s philosophy of looking forward and not back…