Racism and Self-Determination

Black Lives Matter holds court in sports

Two months before George Floyd was publicly lynched May 25 by a Minneapolis police officer pressing a knee on his…

September 8, 2020

Book review: ‘Against the Loveless World’

“Against the Loveless World,” Susan Abulhawa’s third novel, is that rarest of treasures, a bona fide masterpiece. The kind of…

September 8, 2020

Chadwick Boseman: An appreciation

Like so many millions of other movie-going fans, I was shocked and saddened with the news of the untimely death…

September 7, 2020

A message to U.S. postal workers

The following message from internationally known human rights leader Julia Wright, eldest daughter of famed writer Richard Wright, was read…

September 7, 2020

Voice from Kenosha: Electoral politics is not nearly enough

By Omar Flores This article is an edited version of a talk by Omar Flores during the Aug. 30 UNAC…

September 4, 2020

NBA strike ignites sports-wide protest against police shooting of Jacob Blake

Kenosha, Wis., became the epicenter of the anti-racist struggle, after Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven times…

September 4, 2020

NBA players ignite sports-wide strike vs. police terror

Kenosha, Wis., became the epicenter of the anti-racist struggle after a 29-year-old Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot seven times…

September 2, 2020

Justice for John Neville

On Aug. 21, the newly formed Triad Abolition Project began the 38th consecutive day of direct action against Forsyth County’s…

September 2, 2020

Kenosha speaks: Keep it in the streets!

By Adelana Akindes This article is an edited version of a talk by Adelana Akindes during the Aug. 30 United…

September 2, 2020

Athletes are workers

The players of the National Basketball Association – the vast majority of them African Americans – carried out a historic…

September 2, 2020