By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Statistics on black women and education have shown them leading all other gender and racial groups for a few years now. More than half…
Assessing how white people benefit from race-based economic inequality. By Jeanette Wicks-Lim By every socioeconomic measure, there is an undeniable race-based hierarchy in the United States—with black Americans sitting at or…
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness (right) and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a meeting at Jamaica House on Sunday. (Photo: Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday May 24, 2016 – Venezuela and Jamaica have…
By Charlene Muhammad (Contributing Writer) Dr. Ron Daniels Reform drug laws, by decriminalizing, legalizing, and regulating marijuana, Dr. Ron Daniels, veteran social and political activist, advocated during an intimate lunch…
By Tom James New laws on marijuana were supposed to boost tax revenues and free up cops to go after “real” criminals. But underground sales—and arrests—are still thriving. It’s just…
Above Photo: Protesters shut down Lake Shore Drive in Chicago to demand the firing of Chicago police officer Dante Servin and the restoration of funding to Chicago State University. (Photo: Kelly…
Above Photo: Lindsey Lunsford gathers peppers at TULIP’s community garden. Photo by Wil Sands. These Black farmers don’t stop at healthy food. They’re healing trauma, instilling collective values, and changing the…
Where Beyonce, Black Lives Matter and global history collide: The ‘Black Power’ salute at West Point
By Jaweed Kaleem Female cadets at West Point were accused of violating academy rules by making a political statement with a photo of them raising their fists. West Point officials…
By Richard Sudan In this handout picture taken 15 August 1947, British Governor-General Lord Mountbatten (C) gestures as he rides in a carriage alongside Lady Edwina Mountbatten prior to witnessing…
May 3rd 12:21 PM (5 minutes ago) Michel Martin, Emmy Award-winning journalist and weekend host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” asks former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder a question…
By Robin Scher / AlterNet Let’s face it, young Americans are fed up with the economic status quo. If this fact is not evident enough from the groundswell of millennial support for…