Racism and Self-Determination

A U.S. Truth And Reconciliation Commission on Racism

In the United States, a country ruled by the ideology and practice of white supremacy since its inception, a Truth…

February 24, 2014

One month a slave: the case of Lewis Little

Durham, N.C. — It was late evening on July 15, 2013, when 19-year-old North Carolina Central University sophomore Lewis James…

February 21, 2014

Malcolm X and global Black struggle

In March 1964, Malcolm X announced his official departure from the Nation of Islam. He had spent 12 years working…

February 19, 2014

Salute to Yuri Kochiyama

With raw courage on one hand, and a comrade’s love in the other, she rushed onto the stage, literally, before…

February 19, 2014

Families, community demand California attorney general prosecute killer cops

By Bryan G. Pfeifer and Terri Kay Oakland, Calif. -- As part of the escalating campaign to demand that California…

February 19, 2014

Community demands: Reinstate Professor Monteiro

On Feb. 12, a press conference and community rally were held at the District 1199C hall of the National Union of Hospital…

February 18, 2014

Mandela, the ANC and the African-American struggle

With the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5, 2013, the impact of his life and political work was recognized…

February 17, 2014

After emancipation, ‘Sick from freedom’

Last year the U.S. commemorated the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, which gave enslaved…

February 15, 2014

North Carolina burning

They call it Moral Mondays and in North Carolina this means a movement of civil disobedience led by the Rev.…

February 15, 2014

Fifty years after ‘war on poverty,’ class divisions widen

Some five decades after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a “War on Poverty,” class divisions inside the U.S. are widening.…

February 14, 2014