By Natalia Khosla, Sean McElwee / Salon House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (C) talks to reporters after meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder in the US Captiol June 19. Barack…
Above Photo:EPI analysis of Current Population Survey microdata. The White House is making one last push for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. However, growing imports of goods from low-wage, less-developed…
From left, Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack walk out after their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington…
By Jeffrey Darko Before the advent of modern day political civilization the idea was clear and simple not concealed as it is today. Africans understood what it meant.What?Liberation!It was all about…
by Ian Scoville (Hoya Staff Writer, September 9, 2016) A group of descendants of the 272 slaves sold by Georgetown University in 1838 is seeking to establish a $1 billion foundation…
By Emma Niles Above Photo: A banner over a Denver freeway supports the prison strike. (It’s Going Down / Twitter)On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners staged a takeover of Attica State Penitentiary, New York state’s…
By David Edwards Photo Credit: CNN Former CNN host Soledad O’Brien blasted the cable news business over the weekend for profiting off the hate speech that has fueled Donald Trump’s…
By Alan Levinovitz A clerk holds US 100-dollar notes at a money changer shop in Jakarta on August 22, 2013. In his new book, The Market As God, theologian Harvey Cox…
By Antonio Moore A USDA report is exposing a massive disparity between white and black land ownership in the United States. The five largest landowners in America, all white, own…
By: Breanna Edwards Protesters rally against police brutality at City Hall Park, Aug. 1, 2016, in New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images An increasing number of white youth are expressing support…
The African Descendant population of Brazil (approx 100 million) is greater than the combined population of Ghana and Kenya. But, you would never know it when you look at…
By Dave Zirin San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick answers questions at a news conference on Friday, August 26, 2016. (AP Photo / Ben Margot) There has been a lot of…