
By Heather Digby Parton, Salon – New data suggests Trump voters have highly negative views of African Americans. But that’s not the whole story.
By Heather Digby Parton, Salon – New data suggests Trump voters have highly negative views of African Americans. But that’s not the whole story.
The U.S. Chapter of the Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity support a peaceful, self-determined, sovereign, constitutionalsolution to the internal ideological and political struggles among…
On March 24, 2017 the United Nations commemorated its ten-year anniversary for the International Day of Remembrance honoring the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This year, the theme chosen for the commemoration is “Remember Slavery: Recognizing the Legacy and Contributions of People of African Descent.” In the keynote address…
Emphasizes Research-based Approaches to Promote Public Health and Safety and Reduce Negative Impact of Past and Current Policies. Advocates Call for People Who Use Drugs and People in Recovery to be Immediately Involved in City’s Drug Strategy Coordination.
By Larnies A. Bowen and Ayanna Legros – Cláudia Silva Ferreira, Eric Garner, Korryn Gaines, Jonathan Moreira, Aiyanna Stanley-Jones, Freddie Gray, Rogério Silva … Naming as a strategy to counter the official devaluation of Black life has become a crucial tactic in today’s movements against racialized violence. In 2014, the same year that the recording of Eric Garner’s killing…
Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic by Michelle D. Commander, Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism by Charles W. Mills, Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture by Britt Rusert, In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World by Rachel Dolezal with Storms Reback…
By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout Donald Trump ran a campaign to “make America great again,” promising the creation of high-paid manufacturing jobs and the restoration of the middle class. Yet, his…
By Michael Harriot – One of the biggest bait and switches ever pulled on American citizens was the ruse of collectively shared farming. It was a simple but effective long con. Farmers and plantation owners convinced newly freed slaves and poor people to work a portion of their land in exchange for a share of the harvest.
By Raina Turner -This Wednesday, March 15, 2017, I had the pleasure of participating in a delegation organized by the Constituency for Africa (CFA), a leading education and advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. This meeting was a continuation of CFA’s efforts to introduce the new African Union (AU) Ambassador…
By Shahid Buttar – The newest Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC — the National Museum of African American History and Culture — rightfully focuses on the horrors of slavery.
By William Grimes – Derek Walcott, whose intricately metaphorical poetry captured the physical beauty of the Caribbean, the harsh legacy of colonialism and the complexities of living and writing in two cultural worlds, bringing him a Nobel…
Make no mistake there’s a calculated method to Ben Carson’s zaniness. There’s absolutely no way he could not know that making an idiotic crack that blacks took what amounted …