By Mike King shutterstock_321867671 As the media and state response to the recent attacks in San Bernardino have illustrated, premeditated political violence in the U.S. today only gets labelled…
By V.P. Franklin The article “John Hope Franklin: Race and the Meaning of America” by Harvard University’s Drew Gilpin Faust in the 17 December 2015 issue of the New York…
By Lauren McCauley Demonstrators protest the shooting of Laquan McDonald along the Magnificent Mile in Chicago on Nov. 27, 2015. (Photo: Joshua Lott/Getty Images) Demonstrators protest the shooting of Laquan…
François Hollande on Tuesday became the first president of France to make a formal state visit to Haiti, where bountiful resources and brutal plantation slavery made it the European nation’s…
By Phillip Smith / Alternet blacklivesmatter_0.png The Black Lives Matter movement sprung out of the unjust killings of young black men (Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown), either at…
The role of slavery in the formation of some of America’s oldest and most respected universities is receiving increased scrutiny, both nationally and at U.Va. A recent book by historian…
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests Rev Dennis Dillon, Kamm Howard, Nataki Kambon
By Tom Phillips For the first time since records began black and mixed race people form the majority of Brazil’s population, the country’s latest census has confirmed. Preliminary results from…
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet In a highly anticipated speech, Sen. Bernie Sanders passionately detailed what being a democratic socialist means to him and would mean for Americans if elected…
By Daniel Robelo / AlterNet This week Hillary Clinton again revealed a blind spot for the drug war and a deafness of tone towards Latino issues. She decided to brag…
By Phillip Smith / AlterNet Beginning in 2012, four states and the District of Columbia have voted to legalize marijuana. By this time next year, that number could well double,…
Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guest Rev Dennis Dillon, Anthony Cunningham, Rev Everlyn Manns and Minster Abdul Hafeez Muhammad