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…
Assessing how white people benefit from race-based economic inequality. By Jeanette Wicks-Lim By every socioeconomic measure, there is an undeniable race-based hierarchy in the United States—with black Americans sitting at or…
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness (right) and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a meeting at Jamaica House on Sunday. (Photo: Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday May 24, 2016 – Venezuela and Jamaica have…