Jasiri X to join us for SOBWC IV The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) announced today Pittsburgh based Hip Hop activist Jasiri X will serve as the…
By Richard Eskow Things are changing. A major crack has appeared in the edifice of globalization, and the neoliberal order that has dominated the world’s economy since the end of…
By: Lauren Victoria Burke Rep. John Lewis sits next to Rep. Gregory Meeks on the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2016. Lauren Victoria Burke…
By Julia Craven Reporter, The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — One of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter says she wants to live in a world where all lives matter. During a keynote…
By Lauren Karaffa Slavery has been abolished in the United States since 1865, when the 13thAmendment was passed in the ashes of the Civil War. Well, almost abolished. Actually, the…
By: Breanna Edwards An Ebony magazine cover from December 1974 Ebony Johnson Publishing announced Tuesday that it has sold Ebony and Jet magazines to an Austin, Texas-based private-equity firm, bringing to an end…
Address by Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission to the NAARC’s Reparations Town Hall in Atlanta June 11, 2016 (Delivered by Don Rojas on behalf of Sir…
June 13, 2016 Press Release Renewed Push for Reparations Was Focus of Atlanta Meetings Members of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) were enthusiastically received in Atlanta June 10th…
By Bill Fletcher Jr. / AlterNet I found myself reading about the impact of voter suppression, i.e., the efforts to inhibit voter registration and voter participation that have been orchestrated by Republican-dominated…
Cuban President Raul Castro (front C) poses for group photos with guests during the opening ceremony of a summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in Havana, capital of…
By: Todd Steven Burroughs An image from when iconic boxer Muhammad Ali fought the Man of Steel in the comics. DC Comics The best thing about going to my barbershop as…
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…