by AJAMU BARAKA The Neoliberal assault on U.S. workers continues – this time with a slick move on the part of the 1% to sneak by the people a noxious…
BY: STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR. If a nonprofit gorup has its way, Harriet Tubman could become the new face of the $20 bill.CBS NEWS SCREENSHOT It’s been a busy few weeks…
May 11, 2015 by Debora Guidetti & Anna Defour Could you share a few words about the UN International Decade for People of African Descent 2015–2024 and its relevance to Europe? Across Europe,…
By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande is to honor the memory of millions of slaves in an inaugural visit Sunday to a memorial in the French…
by Robert C. Koehler Activist DeRay Mckesson smacks down Wolf Blitzer: “You are suggesting this idea that broken windows are worse than broken spines, right?” The 21st century has skewed…
By Mark Weisbrot The recent Summit of the Americas has come and gone but the next few months and year will show whether it was a turning point in hemispheric…
By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of many of the most significant events of the Black Freedom Struggle of the 1960s. Two years ago, we celebrated the…
by Carimah Townes Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby. The death of Freddie Gray was ruled a homicide and all six officers involved in his arrest and transport face criminal charges, including second-degree murder…
By Jelani Cobb The mayor of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, was among thousands who attended the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died of injuries received while in police custody. Credit Photograph by Chip…
By Jelani Cobb The mayor of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, was among thousands who attended the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died of injuries received while in police custody. Credit Photograph by Chip…
By: Ericka Blount Danois A mass of young people, 4,000 strong, locked arms Wednesday and marched from Amtrak’s Penn Station in Baltimore down to City Hall to protest the death of Freddie…
By Stacia L. Brown Baltimore has been resplendently, comfortingly black for as long as I can remember. My mother brought me here from predominantly white Lansing, Michigan in 1984, the…