Racism and Self-Determination

Protest held outside racist restaurant

Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. - When three African-American women went on their monthly social outing on a Saturday evening, they…

February 28, 2017

Federal court hears Yuvette Henderson case

Oakland, Calif. - Supporters of Yuvette Henderson’s family gathered at the U.S. Courthouse here on Feb. 23 and packed the…

February 27, 2017

Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, pioneer in medicine

African-American history is part of U.S. history. In reclaiming that history, one African American to be remembered is Dr. Susan…

February 25, 2017

Police assail Black Resistance March

A Black Resistance March in Philadelphia on Feb. 17 to protest police terror in the era of Trump’s law-and-order policies…

February 23, 2017

Philadelphia gathering confronts health and water crisis

A People’s Assembly to “Confront Toxic Water & Hep C Crisis Threatening Lives of Mumia Abu-Jamal, other Prisoners and our…

February 23, 2017

Protest demands justice for Jaron Thomas

A demonstration was held in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 18 to demand answers from the Columbus Police Department about the…

February 23, 2017

Du Bois’ ‘BLACK RECONSTRUCTION’ and the lessons for today

Based on a talk given by WW Managing Editor LeiLani Dowell on Feb. 16. W.E.B. Du Bois’ “Black Reconstruction” is…

February 22, 2017

‘Black Reconstruction in America’ tour

Led by WW Managing Editor LeiLani Dowell, political discussions on W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1935 sweeping analysis of the Civil War…

February 22, 2017

Standing Rock: New evacuation order, calls to resist

Tensions are rising after North Dakota’s governor issued an order demanding that water protectors evacuate the Oceti Sakowin camp by…

February 22, 2017

Behind the attack on Charles Oakley

The brutal assault on former New York Knicks basketball player Charles Oakley at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 8 profoundly…

February 21, 2017