By Mo Barnes Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has decided to enter the heated debate over reparations for the American slave trade and its aftereffects. At a recent campaign appearance at Tindley…
By Robert Borosage Bernie Sanders swamped Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin Democratic primary Tuesday. Ted Cruz won big over Donald Trump on the Republican side. The chances for a contested Republican convention increased…
State of the Black World Forum with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Rev. Dennis Dillon and Dr. Ron Daniels, Saturday, April 16th @ 2pm. 1061 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238. Call…
Above photo: Original caption (1836): “Franklin & Armfield’s Slave Prison.” Franklin & Armfield was a Virginia slave trading firm. (American Anti-Slavery Society) Starting Sept. 9, prisoners in the United States will begin a…
By Joseph AxAbove Photo: A man shouts slogans while people take part in the Million People’s March Against Police Brutality, Racial Injustice and Economic Inequality in Newark, New Jersey July 25,…
Opal Tometi, who lives in New York and is one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, speaks at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center. By KARIN KAPSIDELIS Richmond…
By Nadia Prupis “Our children are going to be fine, but they’re going to be even better if we invest in them now,” Hanna-Attisha said. (Photo: Flint Journal) Flint children…
Fortune Magazine named the three founders of the Black Lives Matter movement to its 2016 list of the World’s Greatest Leaders. Absent from the list is President Barack Obama. Coming in…
By Keith Humphreys Marijuana legalization is often touted as a sure route to ending racial disparities in pot-related arrests. But a just-released study indicates that African Americans in legalization states continue to endure…
By: D. Watkins DeRay Mckesson It’s almost been a year since the death of Freddie Gray––the innocent 25-year-old, unarmed black man who was enjoying a nice April day near his home in…
By Janell Ross There are a series of disturbingly persistent themes in the many, many stories of unarmed and/or mentally ill Americans shot and killed by police. Among them are the…
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Photo Credit: Image by Shutterstock, Copyright (c) Joseph Sohm Bernie Sanders’ historic and expectation-surpassing bid for the Democratic presidential nomination ran into hard reality in several pivotal…