A new generation of young leaders in Baltimore are largely organizing outside of congregations. What does this mean for their movement—and for the church? By Emma Green — The spirit…
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…
By: D. Watkins DeRay Mckesson It’s almost been a year since the death of Freddie Gray––the innocent 25-year-old, unarmed black man who was enjoying a nice April day near his home in…
By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca Some of the groups targeted by the FBI’s COINTELPRO. (Source: Zinn Ed Project) This month marks the 45th anniversary of a dramatic moment in U.S. history. On…
by Jihan Hafiz SALVADOR DA BAHIA, Brazil – As Salvador was kicking off Carnival, Brazil’s biggest party, earlier this month, a somber event was taking place in a poor neighborhood far from…
Fifty years after the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the agenda and style of the legendary Black revolutionary organization remains relevant in today’s public discourse….
By Simon T. Meiners Each February millions of Americans pretend that white supremacy is dead. Black History Month? Reverse racism. Slavery? It’s over. Reparations? Fat chance. But here’s what few seem to understand: History…
By: Kirsten West Savali Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson Ben Carson wants us to know that he’s a black man, unlike President Barack Obama. He needs voters, white voters in particular,…
By Aislinn Pulley, Truthout President Obama in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2014. The Obama administration invited civil rights activists and leaders from around the country to the White House to…
By: Charles D. Ellison A voter, Treveyon Brock, casts his ballot as people wait in line at a polling place Nov. 4, 2014, near Ferguson, Mo. Admit it: When you finally…
By: Charles D. Ellison A voter, Treveyon Brock, casts his ballot as people wait in line at a polling place Nov. 4, 2014, near Ferguson, Mo. Admit it: When you finally…
By Stephen Marche You feel your whiteness properly at the American border. Most of the time being white is an absence of problems. The police don’t bother you so you…