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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…
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…
Danny Glover to join us for SOBWC IV The Institute of the Black World 21st Century has tapped Danny Glover, Actor, Humanitarian, Activist and Chairman of the Trans-Africa Forum to…
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Photo Credit: Image by Shutterstock, Copyright (c) Joseph Sohm Tuesday’s presidential primaries in five states is going to be the most important day so far for 2016 contests…
By: Breanna Edwards 498788632-demonstrators-confront-police-during-a-protest-over-the Demonstrators confront police during a protest over the death of Laquan McDonald on Nov. 25, 2015, in Chicago. Federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against…