Racism and Self-Determination

Standing on the wrong side of history

Dear Brother John Lewis, I am a Black woman, who, like you, was born in Alabama at the dawn of…

February 15, 2016

Autopsy report released on police murder of Mario Woods

According to an autopsy report released Feb. 11 by San Francisco Chief Medical Examiner Michael Hunter, the five San Francisco…

February 15, 2016

Sundiata Sadiq, gentle warrior

His name was Sundiata, and for over 40 years, he fought for the freedom of his people. Headquartered in Ossining,…

February 15, 2016

SEKOU ABDULLAH ODINGA: ‘Support political prisoners’

Former political prisoner Sekou Abdullah Odinga was the featured speaker in a panel discussion at the Malcolm X Library in…

February 14, 2016

‘BIG MAMA’ THORNTON and reparations

You have probably heard of Elvis Presley and perhaps even heard him sing, “I ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog.”…

February 13, 2016

Hattie McDaniel: First Oscar-winning Black actor

Hollywood’s 2016 all-white Academy Award acting nominations carry on the tradition of excluding, more often than not, Black achievement in…

February 11, 2016

How Black workers were decimated by racism

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder isn’t the only criminal who should be punished for lead poisoning Flint’s children. General Motors impoverished…

February 11, 2016

150 years of Black liberation struggles

On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which ostensibly eliminated chattel slavery in the antebellum South.…

February 10, 2016

Super Bowl fans get dose of reality

On Saturday, Feb. 6, travelers to the San Francisco airport arriving to see the Super Bowl were welcomed to the…

February 9, 2016

Is Cam Newton too ‘Black’?

Durham, N.C. -- The glaringly racist barrage regarding the on-the-field celebrations and cultural norms of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton remind…

February 5, 2016