Award-winning Civil Rights Journalist and Black Press Columnist George Curry Dead at 69 By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire) – Pioneering Civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the…
My first lesson in the workings of the Baltimore Police Department was received as a college student. While living in West Baltimore, in the heart of the ‘hood,’ young Black…
By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters, August 1, 2016) Policemen walk on the sidelines as protesters hold a sign which states “Black Lives Matter,” during a march against police brutality in Manhattan,…
By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Donald Trump accepts the Republican nomination for president on the final night of the Republican National Convention, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, July 21,…
When North Carolina passed laws eliminating anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, along with passed its “bathroom bill”, mandating that transgender people use the bathroom of their…
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Almost 160,000 prisoners are currently serving life sentences in the United States; nearly 50,000 incarcerated people serving terms of life without parole. While mass incarceration has become a…
One of the most important periods in the history of Black people and Black struggle is the Black Freedom Movement (1965-1975), not only because of its concrete legal, organizational,…
By Sonali Kolhatkar Above Photo: Alicia Garza, flanked by Patrise Cullors, left, and Opall Tometi. (Video still from “Rising Up With Sonali”) In July 2013, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza, three…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson In the space of a few days Baltimore Police Lieutenant Brian Rice is scheduled for trial in the death of Freddie Gray and the Justice Department…
By: Jason Johnson Americans generally get a failing grade when it comes to knowing our “patriotic songs.” I know more people who can recite “America, F–k Yeah” from Team America than “America the…
By Milton G. Allimadi Let Tarzan Rest In Peace Why and how does Hollywood still make a film about a White man, Tarzan, as King of the African jungle? Tarzan…
By Jeronimo Saldana and Maritza Perez / AlterNet In the summer of 2014, after serving 18 years of a life sentence on felony drug charges, Jason Hernandez of Denton, Texas became the first Latino…