Racism and Self-Determination

Protest naming street after MOVE-bombing Mayor Goode

Philadelphia — On May 13, 1985, then Mayor Wilson Goode gave the OK to drop a bomb on 6221 Osage…

September 30, 2018

Botham Jean killing highlights history of racist violence

Botham Shem Jean, a migrant in Texas from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, died at the hands of Dallas…

September 28, 2018

Clarence Brandley: A legacy of perseverance and struggle

Houston — Death row exoneree #40, Clarence Brandley, was honored and remembered at his funeral on Sept. 14. His five…

September 22, 2018

Defending Botham Jean

The night of Sept. 6 in Dallas an off-duty policewoman, Amber Guyger, entered the apartment of a 26-year-old Afro-Caribbean man,…

September 22, 2018

Nike’s choice of Kapernick signals POC and youth power

Nike announced on Sept. 3 that former National Football League star Colin Kaepernick would be the face of the company’s…

September 17, 2018

Serena Williams fights back against sexist attacks

The 2018 U.S. Open will be most remembered for how the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams challenged the…

September 12, 2018

African-American suffrage: Voting rights and suppression

At the end of the U.S. Civil War, the 13th, 14th and 15th Reconstruction Amend­ments to the U.S. Constitution were…

September 12, 2018

Chicago mayor gives up on third term as killer cop heads to trial

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sept. 4 that he would not run for a third term, bringing joy and…

September 12, 2018

Disability groups reject racist Georgia voter suppression

A proposal by the Randolph County, Georgia, Board of Elections to close seven out of nine polling places in one…

September 10, 2018

Aretha’s Detroit bids farewell

For two weeks, Detroit has been mourning the death of Aretha Franklin, the legendary musical artist, activist and genuine philanthropist…

September 6, 2018