Mar 30, 2023
Color of Law
Executive Editor
in a settler colonial state, there are two things the settlers fear—Black folks overthrowing the plantation state, and Black folks joining forces with the poor White folks. And they just can’t have that.
America is a settler colonial state. It was created based on the evil triplets of racism, poverty and war, as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,…
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Commentary
Guest Commentator
The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land. Confusion all around. That's a strange statement. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 —…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Brittany Martin was harshly treated and given an unfairly lengthy sentence because she was a Black woman who chose to stand up for her rights, including her right to protest.
The 45th President is in the news again, facing indictments in New York and Georgia for criminal behavior regarding illegally paying a porn star (New York)…
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View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
We learned how essential family, friends and nature are to our overall well-being. We understood our inter-connectedness in deep and practical ways.
Although the first known COVID-19 case was documented in late January of 2020, most U.S. cities were reporting cases by the end of February. Three years…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Fallout from the drive to quickly cut the number of people in prison has been severe for victims of domestic violence and child abuse.
In a feat of Orwellian bravado designed to drive down a ballooning prison population, California recategorized domestic violence, a crime with the word “violence” in its…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
If you watch the movie 'From Montgomery to Memphis,' you'll notice that they don't mention one woman going through there. Not one. You almost never see their role put down in any of the reports about the Movement. You just get 'Dr. so-and-so from Alabama State College did such-and-such.'" She called sexism "one of the weaknesses of the civil rights movement."
Rosa Parks, who has been called the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, well remembers the first time she met Septima Clark. It was at a…
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