By: Breanna Edwards DeRay Mckesson Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson is a prominent voice on the ground and online—and according to Vice News, his social media presence has been the…
By Aaron Morrison President Barack Obama hasn’t leveraged the full force of federal agencies to target systemic and historical inequities that keep blacks in the U.S. behind whites in employment,…
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Maurice Carney, Monique Swift, Rev. Waltrina Middleton and Julius Garvey
By: Peniel E. Joseph Residents cast their votes at a polling place in Ferguson, Mo., Nov. 4, 2014. The national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights…
By Elizabeth Pears STRENGTH IN NUMBERS: Protesters march past the Houses of Parliament [PIC CREDIT: Thabo Jaiyesimi] THOUSANDS OF people marched peacefully from Brixton to Parliament on Saturday (Aug 1)…
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Greg Akili and Bill Fletcher.
A neighborhood on Chicago’s Westside. (photo: Reuters) By Emily Badger There are neighborhoods on the West Side of Chicago where nearly every block has been painted red — a sign,…
By Alma Carten Am I not a man emblem used during the campaign to abolish slavery. The image is from a book from 1788, so there can be no effective…
By Deirdre Fulton Documents released to The Intercept by the Department of Homeland Security show that the federal agency monitored National Moment of Silence protests like the one pictured above, in…
By Jamil Smith These days you’re not organizing for direct action and protests—particularly for black liberation—if you’re not doing it online. Which is why I wasn’t at all surprised to…
By Nadia Prupis Sandra Bland The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday announced it was joining the probe into the disturbing death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman…
By Janell Ross President Obama said the nation can no longer “close their eyes” to racial inequality in the criminal justice system as he called for reform during a speech…