May 11, 2017
Cover Story
Columnist
If an aroused citizenry in the U.S. can’t succeed in stopping a couple of pipelines, imagine the near impossibility that indigenous Africans face, when they have little or no support in protecting their lands and territories.
Indigenous people are in trouble all around the world and it’s something that does not make it into the news very often, but a new report…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Those smiling people in the Rose Garden were, at best, delusional. They were celebrating the “repeal” of the Affordable Care Act, and its replacement with a paltry, mean-spirited plan to make health insurance more difficult to attain.
After months of “repeal and replace” rhetoric, Congress has finally passed a pitiful little bill designed to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. To watch Republicans gather…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
There is no reason to believe that Sessions will do anything to reform plagued police departments, hold them accountable to the public or seek justice for the victims of police violence.
(CNN) The killing of black honor student Jordan Edwards by police in Balch Springs, Texas, and the failure of the Justice Department to charge Baton Rouge…
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Commentary
Columnist
The Trump Administration has already changed school lunches, for the worse, and has cut funding for after-school programs that have been of greatest assistance to poor children of color in the nation’s large and small urban centers. It is becoming apparent that Trump is not only bamboozling HBCU Presidents but that he is deceiving us all.
President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have bamboozled HBCU Presidents, AGAIN, after inviting them to the White House on February 27th to participate in…
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Commentary
Columnist
For the sake of women—and for the sake of justice—I am celebrating O’ Reilly’s departure, but just know that getting rid of this devil isn’t a win for women. It is a win for America.
At my quickly advancing age, I’ve learned three things about the Devil. He doesn’t always wear horns, so sometimes he’s hard to recognize. Second, the devil…
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Commentary
Columnist
So much for those who thought Trump was going to be a populist president. He didn’t tell you what most dems and blacks already knew, his population is small, and rich.
So it begins once again for the country that tosses bricks at other countries and then hides it’s hand behind it’s back. More missiles, more destruction,…
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Commentary
Columnist
Malcolm X is a man who should be studied carefully in our efforts to examine a critical period in our history - the 1960s. For, it was during this period that Malcolm X became an internationally known and respected African in America leader, whose ideas were widely discussed and debated.
Since the untimely transition of Malcolm X in 1965, movement forces throughout the world have consistently commemorated his birthday. Malcolm X was born on May 19,…
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