Racism and Self-Determination

‘Uniting Voices Against State-Sponsored Violence’

San Jose, Calif. -- There was a packed house at the African American Community Service Agency, the gathering place of…

February 28, 2016

Lead in the street, lead in the sink

Baltimore -- On Feb. 19, protesters with People’s Power Assemblies demonstrated here outside the Margaret Brent Elementary School in solidarity with…

February 22, 2016

70 years after the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching

One of the most outrageous and well-publicized lynchings in U.S. history took place on July 25, 1946, when two African-American…

February 18, 2016

South Florida students: ‘Dump Trump’

Tampa, Fla. -- Students for a Democratic Society Tampa hosted a “Dump Trump” rally on Feb. 12 in front of the…

February 17, 2016

Cops executed Mario Woods

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

February 16, 2016

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