By Richard D. Wolff Capitalism’s supporters use and benefit from a racism whose practice and consequences should be blamed on capitalism itself. (Photo: Coffee / Pixabay; Edited: LW / TO) “Racism” is…
By Dani McClain A monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo / Steve Helber) In March 2012, nearly a month after George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in…
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey For over 500 years, African people have been fighting enslavement and genocide against white and Arab slavery. Billions of lives…
Reporters Without Borders: Cause for concern are the “administration’s obsessive control of information, which manifests itself through the war on whistleblowers and journalists’ sources, as well as the lack of…
By Dani McClain A monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo / Steve Helber) In March 2012, nearly a month after George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in…
The 2016 Presidential primaries have certainly made more voters pay attention to what is at stake in the Presidential election of 2016. The cutting edge issues are quite variegated…
Sanders in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) By Azi Paybarah At an appearance Saturday in Brooklyn, Senator Bernie Sanders said, “We owe a debt of gratitude to the Black Lives Matter movement.” He said…
By Michelle Alexander It is often said that if we do not learn from our history we are doomed to repeat it. I applaud Rep. Rush’s apology for supporting…
by David Love Although he began the presidential election season as a source of entertainment and the fodder for political humor, Donald Trump has emerged as the front-runner in the Republican…
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…