Racism and Self-Determination

Hundreds protest cop killing of 13-year-old

Santa Rosa, Calif. -- Over 300 people came here on July 12 from all over the San Francisco Bay Area…

July 16, 2014

Mississippi after 50 years: The struggle keeps on . . .

Jackson, Miss. -- Freedom Summer changed the course of U.S. history in 1964, when more than 1,000 students and youth,…

July 3, 2014

Central Park 5 talk about settlement

On June 19, 2014, twelve years after the filing of a lawsuit by the Central Park 5 — five innocent…

June 30, 2014

Benton Harbor activist appeals for support in fight against frame-up

The Rev. Edward Pinkney of the Benton Harbor/Berrien County Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO) spoke in Detroit at the…

June 30, 2014

Moral Mondays goes statewide in N.C.

By Ben C. and Andy Katz Raleigh, N.C., June 29 — As the short North Carolina legislative session winds down…

June 30, 2014

A tribute to ‘Ancestors of the Middle Passage’

Brooklyn, N.Y. -- On June 14 from noon to sunset, the 25th annual “Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle…

June 27, 2014

Remembering Juneteenth, police victims

A large crowd gathered June 19 on the central plaza of the downtown cathedral in San Antonio, Texas, to celebrate…

June 26, 2014

How Voting Rights Act was set back

At his Escambia County polling site on June 3, 93-year-old African-American Willie Mims was disenfranchised by Alabama's strict new voter…

June 24, 2014

Juneteenth parade in Houston

From the very serious to the celebratory, Juneteenth activities are taking place all over Texas. There are barbecues, rodeos, oratory…

June 18, 2014

Ruby Dee – brilliant actor, inspiring activist

The great actor and political activist Ruby Dee died at the age of 91 on June 11. She had been…

June 18, 2014