Racism and Self-Determination

An appreciation of Malcolm X from a young Black activist

Feb. 21, 2019, is the 54th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X.   “Who told you to hate the…

February 21, 2019

Say her name: Sandra Bland

  Feb. 16 -- The room at the Auburn Avenue Research Library for African-American History and Culture was filled to…

February 19, 2019

Black History Month – Celebration, not appropriation

Black History Month began as a weeklong celebration, proposed by Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) in 1926 to honor, in his…

February 12, 2019

Mumia Abu-Jamal on ‘Radical Politics’

The following slightly edited commentary was written by political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and is posted on Prison Radio. Feb. 6…

February 12, 2019

In Atlanta, fighting racism with the KaeperBowl

Feb. 10 -- When the capitalist colossus known as the Super Bowl takes over a city like it did Feb.…

February 12, 2019

Haitian Revolution shook empires

In a Vodou ceremony led by Dutty Boukman in 1791, several hundred enslaved people swore to fight to the death…

February 9, 2019

Black History Month: ‘Stayed on freedom’

Black History Month again offers us a chance to honor the body-and-spirit-filled determination of African-American people who have struggled, built…

February 6, 2019

Philadelphia report: Black activists in Palestine

Philadelphia area Black activists, artists and educators recounted their experiences traveling to Palestine before a standing-room-only crowd at Uncle Bobbie’s…

February 5, 2019

Nathan Phillips and the face of fascism

Thousands of Indigenous peoples from across the U.S. and Canada, from Guatemala and the Caribbean to Australia and Papua New…

February 2, 2019

“New” DA same as old DA in Mumia Abu-Jamal case

Any hope that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner would hold to his campaign promise to investigate his predecessor’s unjust convictions…

January 30, 2019