Racism and Self-Determination

Atlanta Hawks owners’ racism exposed

I am not a sports fan. In fact, I have never been to a professional basketball game, much less an…

September 17, 2014

Ray Rice, racism and women’s oppression

The National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens’ running back, Ray Rice, has been indefinitely suspended from the NFL, and then cut…

September 16, 2014

People pack court to defend Ramsey Orta

Staten Island, N.Y., Sept. 5 — Today’s appearance of Ramsey Orta in Richmond County Supreme Court became a people’s victory,…

September 13, 2014

Ferguson, Mo., and Detroit: What do they have in common?

The foreclosure crisis has had a negative impact on the people of the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., the…

September 11, 2014

Protests force Marriott to cancel future SWAT weapons expos

Oakland, Calif. -- Close to 500 people blocked Broadway in front of the Marriott Convention Center in protest of an…

September 9, 2014

N.C. environmental injustice: ’We’re living with a ticking time bomb’

The following interview with Naeema Muhammad, interim director of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, was conducted by Durham, N.C.,…

September 9, 2014

Michael Brown & gov’t probe of Ferguson police

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Sept. 3 that it will conduct a civil rights investigation beginning Sept. 4…

September 9, 2014

Walking while Black — U.S. society divided by racism

The “crime” of walking while Black — and driving, shopping, sitting, standing and merely existing while Black — in the…

September 8, 2014

Post-Ferguson

Taken from an Aug. 25 audio column at prisonradio.org As the body of Michael “Mike” Brown is consigned to the…

September 6, 2014

Support Jamil Al-Amin

Preparations are underway for an evening of “Love and Resistance for Imam Jamil Al-Amin,” on Sept. 12 in New York…

September 5, 2014