Former President Bill Clinton had a heated exchange with a protester during a rally for Hillary Clinton on Thursday in Philadelphia. (photo: Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer/AP) By Michelle Alexander Bill…
By Douglas Foster People gather on the Nelson Mandela Bridge for the “Zuma Must Fall“ protest against South African President Jacob Zuma in Johannesburg on December 16, 2015. (Rex Features via…
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…
In this era of political madness, mean-spiritedness, racial and religious scapegoating, continued and expanding police violence, obscene inequities in wealth and power, mass incarceration, extensive and needless poverty and proposals…
By Nyle Port The peculiar American sport that is the national election is back in season: Republicans vs. Democrats. Red states vs. blue states. Donald Trump fanatics attacking…
It seems that on a daily basis the weaknesses and flaws of our nation’s justice system are exposed, revealing the deep biases that continue to undermine the public’s trust in…
By Hilary Hanson, Associated Press — An eye-opening remark from a former aide to President Richard Nixon pulls back the curtain on the true motivation of the United States’ war…
March 22, 2016 President Obama’s historic trip to Havana, Cuba — the first American president to visit since Calvin Coolidge in 1928 — opens the door to a new…
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.orgThe #BlackLivesMatter movement continues to grow its power and win notable victories, but the reality is that 600 hundred years of racial oppression, older than…
Robin D. G. Kelley Monday, March 7, 2016- bostonreview.net Editors’ Note: Answer Robin Kelley‘s call for a rebirth of political education by organizing a reading group. To help you get started,…
by Richard W. Behan For 24 years Bill and Hillary Clinton have courted Wall Street money with notable success. During that time the New York banks contributed: * $11.17 million to…
By Richard Behan / AlterNet Photo Credit: Anthony Correia / Shutterstock For 24 years Bill and Hillary Clinton have courted Wall Street money with notable success. During that time the New York…