July 05, 2018
Commentary
Columnist
Trump and his allies are marching across the nation like Sherman did through Georgia towards the end of the Civil War and Hitler through Europe in World War II. Democrats are in big trouble and refused to acknowledge their dire straits.
The nation’s rapidly changing demographics are proving to be more of a challenge for Democrats than for the Trump Republican Party. Democrats have been on a…
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Commentary
Columnist
Even with the problems of inequality and racism in some unions, the union movement provided a lift to all workers. That's what the Janus decision is about: stamping out even the potential power of organized labor, because a powerful union movement means less for the rich and corporations, while providing a more equitable share for all workers.
Now that the supreme court has blessed the concept of free riders among American workers, is it not time to consider withholding taxes to the federal…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
As a consequence of America’s need to showcase her nativist spirit of patriotism, it comes at the expense of fundamental freedoms and protections denied to various disenfranchised, vulnerable, and historically marginalized populations in the country and immigrants.
This week we celebrate July 4th with rounds of festivities marking our nation’s 242 years of independence. And, scenes of hyper-patriotism will be on display, too.…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
Black America, its organizations, institutions and individuals - collectively are being “targeted” by King Trump and his minions. We can’t simply tone-down the rhetoric, watch our words, and take the high road while Trump tunnels-up from his Lake Of Fire Resort . . . He’s not a good white man.
Maxine Waters and the late President Harry S. Truman have something in common . . . this quote: “I never give them hell, i just tell…
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Commentary
Columnist
The Durban 400 was made up of the December 12th Movement International Secretariat and the National Black United Front (NBUF) that were leading participants in the United Nations World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) that was held in Durban, South Africa from August 31st through September 7, 2001.
It has been seventeen years since the historic United Nations World Conference Against Racism took place in Durban, South Africa. We should always remember the role…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
The Bronx activist represents a new generation of bold and uncompromisingly progressive leaders, many of whom are women and people of colour who hail from grassroots social justice movements. They stand in marked contrast to an old-guard political system that has relied on corporate patronage and has failed to address the myriad social and economic maladies in the US.
The US is witnessing the future of politics and a new generation of leaders who are providing a new vision for the nation and resistance to…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Jackboots have been coming when institutions clamp down on democracy while emboldening religious fanaticism and white supremacy. Jackboots have been coming when Americans voice a belief in a flat Earth and Mexicans rapists. They’ve been coming when another black youth falls dead to police bullets.
We had that too, we had, had. Not to boast of it, no, but it urges us to speak, it wants to be described, it doesn’t…
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