Dolores Cox

How Voting Rights Act was set back

At his Escambia County polling site on June 3, 93-year-old African-American Willie Mims was disenfranchised by Alabama's strict new voter…

June 24, 2014

‘Central Park Five’ rally at City Hall: A tale of two de Blasios

New York — On April 17, the December 12th Movement held a large, diverse rally at City Hall here to bring attention…

May 6, 2014

A U.S. Truth And Reconciliation Commission on Racism

In the United States, a country ruled by the ideology and practice of white supremacy since its inception, a Truth…

February 24, 2014

After emancipation, ‘Sick from freedom’

Last year the U.S. commemorated the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, which gave enslaved…

February 15, 2014

Struggle frees people’s lawyer Lynne Stewart

New York, Jan. 1 — There she was standing, then walking slowly towards us, unshackled, without handcuffs or belly chain, and…

January 3, 2014

The ‘Scottsboro Boys’: A horrific travesty of justice

Eighty-two years after their arrests, the last three of the innocent “Scottsboro Boys,” Charles Weems, Andy Wright and Haywood Patterson,…

December 12, 2013

Harlem, N.Y., rally says no to U.S. attack on Syria

An emergency protest rally was called Sept. 3 to inform the Harlem, N.Y., Black community of the impending U.S. attack on…

September 9, 2013

Ralph Poynter visits Mumia Abu-Jamal

He's still glowing, days later. On Aug. 10, Ralph Poynter, spouse of "the people's lawyer," Lynne Stewart, visited Mumia Abu-Jamal…

August 25, 2013

Black farmers demand justice

In 1997, Timothy Pickford, an African-American farmer, along with 400 other Black farmers, filed a federal complaint against then-Secretary of…

August 8, 2013

Central Park 5: Merry-go-round for justice

For the umpteenth time, another “Central Park 5” court hearing/status conference was adjourned on July 23. Again, the Manhattan courtroom…

August 4, 2013