Abayomi Azikiwe

Instability in Libya and Tunisia caused by U.S., NATO

Just two days before the 59th anniversary of Tunisia’s national independence from France in 1956, gunmen took over the Bardo…

March 30, 2015

Ferguson community resists police terror

The police occupation of the Black community of Ferguson, Mo., is just as intense now as it was in the…

March 18, 2015

Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh to appeal unjust conviction

Supporters pack court in defense of community leader Federal Judge Gershwin Drain sentenced Palestinian American activist and community leader Rasmea…

March 17, 2015

Justice Dept. on Ferguson: Rampant racism but no indictment of killer cop

On March 4, the U.S. Department of Justice issued two seemingly contradictory reports. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder officially announced…

March 10, 2015

Burkina Faso courts to allow exhumation of Thomas Sankara remains

Captain Thomas Sankara, martyred Burkinabe revolutionary Pan-Africanist and Marxist leader, was assassinated in a coup on Oct. 15, 1987. Sankara,…

March 10, 2015

Despite reported decline, struggle against Ebola continues

African leaders, health care professionals, international humanitarian organizations and others have praised the work battling the latest and most deadly…

March 7, 2015

Civil rights activist denied appeal bond

A motions hearing in Berrien County, Mich., on Feb. 27 denied bond to imprisoned community leader Rev. Edward Pinkney, pending…

March 6, 2015

U.S. causes instability in Libya, Nigeria

Egyptian planes struck Libya on Feb. 16 following Islamic State operatives’ brutal execution of Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya. Egyptian…

February 28, 2015

Lorraine Hansberry: Political activist, artist

It is 50 years since Lorraine Hansberry, a renowned playwright and political activist on the left, died on Jan. 12,…

February 28, 2015

A violent history: New report reveals extent of racist lynchings

The Equal Justice Initiative published a report entitled “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror” on Feb. 10.…

February 20, 2015