
By Brandon Capece (Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs) With the confirmation of former CEO of ExxonMobil Rex Tillerson to the office of secretary of state, the Trump…
By Brandon Capece (Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs) With the confirmation of former CEO of ExxonMobil Rex Tillerson to the office of secretary of state, the Trump…
Jason Johnson Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images I don’t believe in assigning President Trump silly nicknames. There is no combination of orange, hand, marigold or pumpkin jokes or references that…
By Mark T. Harris An Inauguration Day protest at Westlake Park in Seattle, Washington. (Photo: derek.simeone/flickr/cc) As someone once said, a lie can travel halfway around the world before the…
By Kelly Hayes Activist Kelly Hayes speaks at the Women’s March in Chicago, Illinois, on January 21, 2017. (Photo: Aaron Cynic) Activist Kelly Hayes speaks at the Women’s March in…
By Tom Boggioni / Raw Story Photo Credit: YouTube Screengrab Civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis (D) wowed a hometown crowd Saturday afternoon, speaking at Atlanta’s March for Women…
By Jim Sleeper / Open Democracy Photo Credit: Cris Foto / Shutterstock As Donald Trump rampaged through the Republican primaries last March, I argue here and on the New York…
By Gary Younge , , To celebrate its 225th anniversary, the US Mint and Treasury last week unveiled plans to issue a 24-carat commemorative coin depicting Lady Liberty as…
by Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq. Wealth and Debt in Black Communities: “If current economic trends continue, the average [B]lack household will need 228 years to accumulate as much wealth…
By Horace G. Campbell January 12, 2017 The current efforts to elect a new Chair of the AU Commission have been caught in the crosswinds of the impact of illicit…
By Juliet Linderman and Eric Tucker In Baltimore’s Sandtown-WInchester, every day is an ongoing Katrina BALTIMORE (AP) — The scathing findings of a federal investigation into Baltimore police practices after…
By Roger Smith The Washington Spectator My hope is that this presentation of the underlying views of a majority of Americans will enable readers to oppose the false prophets of…
By: Preston Mitchum Donald Trump Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images We know that President-elect Trump is a racist—or, at the very least, racist-adjacent. Like no other before him, Trump won the…