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…
By: Damon Young This photo featuring a lynching of a black man was embedded into the decorative table at a Joe’s Crab Shack in Roseville, Minn.WCCO screenshot What is Joe’s Crab…
New York, March 8, 2016…The National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) applauds and supports a resolution sponsored by Illinois State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford which calls on President Obama…
by Jihan Hafiz SALVADOR DA BAHIA, Brazil – As Salvador was kicking off Carnival, Brazil’s biggest party, earlier this month, a somber event was taking place in a poor neighborhood far from…
By Rebekah Kebede Andrew Holness (R), leader of the opposition Jamaican Labour Party, speaks to supporters at the party headquarters after they won the general election in Kingston, Jamaica February…
Above Photo: Flickr/ Jamelle Bouie Illustration by Kendrick Daye ..At its best the river of our struggle has moved consistently toward the ocean of humankind’s most courageous hopes for freedom and…
By Maya Rhodan For over an hour on Thursday, 31-year-old activist and educator Brittany Packnett sat beside President Obama at a table in the Roosevelt Room of the White House for…
All roads in the Pan African world lead to Newark November 16-20 for what has the potential to be one of the most historic great gatherings of people of African…