Racism and Self-Determination

In North Carolina, Moral Monday Movement marches forward

By Ben C. Raleigh, N.C. — It came on the heels of a powerful sit-in at the office of North…

June 10, 2014

Help stop threat to Iman Al-Amin’s health and life

The following is based on releases that the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) issued on June 5. They concern…

June 7, 2014

William Worthy: He opened the media to voices of resistance

William Worthy was a highly talented and educated journalist with a quality that distinguished him from so many of his…

June 5, 2014

Maya Angelou gave literary, political voice to African-American women

Youth and students from successive generations were influenced by Maya Angelou’s widely read book, “I Know Why the Caged Bird…

June 3, 2014

Salinas police kill three Latino men in 90 days

On May 20, the police killing of Carlos Mejía, a 44-year-old from El Salvador, marked the third such killing in Salinas,…

June 2, 2014

Stockton, Calif., police arrest James Rivera’s father during peaceful march

Stockton, Calif. -- The family and friends of James Rivera Jr. held the 3rd Annual Speak-Out for victims of police violence…

June 2, 2014

General Baker 1941-2014

A standing-room-only audience at the United Auto Workers Local 600 hall on Detroit’s border in Dearborn, Mich., attended a memorial…

June 1, 2014

Federal gov’t ‘employs’ immigrants in slave labor detention

Yet another example of the urgent need for the anti-mass-incarceration movement to unite with the immigrant rights struggle was highlighted…

May 29, 2014

Elombe Brath, a fighter for African liberation

Elombe Brath, a world-renown Pan-Africanist who promoted the national liberation of all African people from racism, neo-colonialism and imperialism, died…

May 27, 2014