
On 4th of July, remember CPUSA's commitment to patriotism
FDR signed Executive Order 9066 for the forcible internment of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry into concentration camps, including CPUSA member Karl Yoneda..

By any other name, discrimination is discrimination
Isn't it about time for us to stop claiming God when it suits our purpose or offends our sensibilities?

Professor Walter T. Howard, 63: activist, teacher, organizer
Dr. Howard, the son of a long line of coal miners, was born November 23, 1951 in Hazard, Kentucky.

Ending the U.S. blockade of Cuba an uphill battle in Congress
Denying U.S. citizens their Constitutional right to travel and exchange personal experience with their Cuban brothers and sisters is a stupid policy.

From symbol to substance, is a new South coming?
Only continued action to bring us together can insure that we overcome those who would use terror and fear to drive us apart.

An American evolution: pride, love and rethinking social change
This past weekend millions of people celebrated a giant step forward on this nation's evolutionary path - the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states.

Pope Francis offers a new vision for social and environmental justice
This fight in which we are engaged - to defeat the forces of greed -- must be won with power from average people leveraged by moral authority.

Confederate flag, like the swastika, has no place in our future
What is behind "Stars and Bars," Calhoun Streets and Robert E. Lee statues-lynchings and mass incarceration, police bullying and murder of African Americans.

What It Means to Become 'BiRachel'
While there is nothing essentially wrong with adopting another culture, Dolezal's deception presents some real social dangers that affect African-American communities.

Racist terrorism in Charleston
All who support racial equality, democracy and justice know that the world is watching: this is time to mobilize to bring an end to racist terror and structural racism in general.

