By Flint Taylor, Truthout
On the heels of the much ballyhooed meeting that an obsequious Donald Trump conducted this week with local law enforcement officials from across the country, the president titillated the gendarmes with a threat to destroy…
By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout
For the part 40 years or so, neoliberalism has reigned supreme over much of the western capitalist world, producing unparalleled wealth accumulation levels for a handful of individuals and global corporations while the rest of society has been asked to swallow austerity…
Ignorant and hateful people are not behind the production of racist ideas, as Americans are taught so often during Black History Month.
By Caitlyn Cobb
February 8, 2017, Black Soldiers in the Civil War – Today we honor the Black Soldiers who fought during the American Civil War, the outcome of which lead to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. #VRABlackHistory
Taking the SAT is an American rite of passage. Along with the increasingly popular ACT, the SAT is critical in identifying student readiness for college and as an important gateway to higher education. Yet despite efforts to equalize academic opportunity, large racial gaps in SAT scores persist.
Think of The Avengers, the comic series from American publisher Marvel about a motley crew of superheroes who come together to protect the world from the forces of evil. Now, imagine if back in the 1960s, creators Jack Kirby and Stan Lee had found inspiration for The Avengers in Yoruba mythology. Instead of Iron Man, we’d have the warrior Oxaguiã. Taking the place of the blue-eyed, blonde-haired Norse god Thor would be the equally strong and black-skinned Xangô, the ruler of justice — who also happens to carry a hammer…
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) Board of Directors and extended family shares with the African Diaspora the shroud of sadness at the transition of, as Baba Dunston describes below, Our Quiet Warrior Queen Dr. Phyllis Harrison-Ross. Her contributions, witness and testimony are an ongoing living legacy that her colleagues and admirers will use as the model for their own personal delivery of medical/psychological services to our people. A mighty oak has fallen in the forest but her spirit will be forever a beacon for us to eternally follow from generation to generation.
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Rev Waltrina Middleton, Dr Julianne Malveaux and Mark Thompson
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke says “this vicious attack on families across the United States cannot stand”. NEW YORK, United States, Thursday January 26, 2017 – A Caribbean-American legislator is vowing to…
By Michael Harriot One of my favorite true-life parables is the story of Hungarian Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis. In the mid-1800s, Semmelweis worked in a maternity clinic where a large number…
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Michael Albert and Kamm Howard
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Photo Credit: Matt Gifford / Flickr Millions of people across all seven continents marched in protest of Donald Trump — the least popular…
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