Black and Brown brought together by Ferguson police killing
But for the protests, this would not have received news coverage. The brutality is indicative of the treatment of people of color not just in the U.S. but hemisphere-wide.
Out of mouths of babes: "It seems like police are about to go to war with the people"
The determined will of the people to stop police crimes erupted in organized mass protest and cries of "no justice no peace!" Stop police from racially profiling and murdering people.
After Supreme Court decision, "Being Black at U of M" just got harder
In my first political science class at U of M, I quickly realized I was only one of a handful of African American students in a lecture class of 200.
Socialist and journalist Carl Bloice dies at 75
Carl Bloice focused his daily and weekly and monthly journalistic production on economics, on the struggle for equality, on youth, especially African American, Latino and Asian youth in his hometown, on internationalism.
The war that won't go away
Melvin Morris, 80, received a Medal of Honor this month. Why is he receiving it belatedly? Because he was discriminated against during the time of the U.S. War in Vietnam.
We are not going back!
From slavery to today's struggles against structural racism and for democracy for all, the African-American people continue to play a strategic role.
“Revolutionary” mayor, Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, Miss., dies
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, who has been described as "America's most revolutionary mayor," died suddenly Feb. 25 at the age of 66.
Dr. King spoke out against the genocide of Native Americans
It is probably little known what the great freedom fighter had to say about the horrific mistreatment of Native Americans by the U.S.
Richard Sherman and a changing story line
What Sherman said wasn't gracious to his defeated opponent, but it was by no means out of bounds, nothing that would warrant the controversy that followed.
Hail and farewell President Nelson Mandela
With the death of Nelson Mandela, an era has come to an end.
