By Areva Martin It’s become a genuine movement. A vehicle for change. Nationally, a mouthpiece intimately connected to and driving much of America’s conversation surrounding criminal justice reform, an end…
By Sujatha Fernandes A “home for sale” sign in Santiago de Cuba. Far fewer Afro-Cubans get remittances from family overseas, and residents of eastern Cuba, more heavily Afro-Cuban than the west,…
Where Beyonce, Black Lives Matter and global history collide: The ‘Black Power’ salute at West Point
By Jaweed Kaleem Female cadets at West Point were accused of violating academy rules by making a political statement with a photo of them raising their fists. West Point officials…
Now that Donald Trump has a clear path to the Republican presidential nomination, the hysteria has begun over the possibility of the real estate magnate becoming the next occupant…
By Ras Memnon Fanon broke it down.… In his classic work, “The Wretched of The Earth,” Frantz Fanon stated that “the governments of the various European nations called for reparations…
By Jelani Cobb Alicia Garza, a labor organizer in Oakland, espouses a type of ecumenical activism. Credit Photograph by Amy Elkins for The New Yorker On February 18th, as part of the official…
By: Lauren Victoria Burke A Black Lives Matter protester is kept out of the main ballroom during the U.S. Conference of Mayors 84th Winter Meeting at the Capitol Hilton in…
By Joan WalshTwitter Congresswoman Donna Edwards (Courtesy of the Donna Edwards for Senate campaign) Baltimore —It’s a Saturday morning in early March, and a multiracial group of Unite Here Local 7 members are playing an…
By: Sarah-Joyce Battersby George Talusan / George Talusan LaTanya Grant speaks to the rally. Her cousin Jermaine Carby was shot dead by Peel police in Brampton in 2014. Sleeping in shifts,…
By Joseph AxAbove Photo: A man shouts slogans while people take part in the Million People’s March Against Police Brutality, Racial Injustice and Economic Inequality in Newark, New Jersey July 25,…
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…