GENEVA (21 April 2016) – With the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem under way in New York, the UN Working Group of Experts on People…
By Dani McClain A monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo / Steve Helber) In March 2012, nearly a month after George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in…
Prof. Pedro Welch, chairman of the Barbados Reparations Task Force, with the Reparations Relay Baton. Barbados, April 16th…..The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has launched an International Reparations Relay & Rally…
by David Love Although he began the presidential election season as a source of entertainment and the fodder for political humor, Donald Trump has emerged as the front-runner in the Republican…
By Jonathan Easley Former Ohio state lawmaker Nina Turner has emerged as one of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s most prominent surrogates, adding another twist to a political career that has rankled…
National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America Jumoke Ifetayo, National Male Co-chair Diana Kimble, National Female Co-Chair (601) 885- 3081 P.O. Box 90604, Washington, DC 20090 info@ncobraonline.org REPARATIONS NOW:…
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…