King and his radical vision: a study for today
In light of recent police killings, it's worthwhile to study how MLK drew the clergy and trade unions into the civil rights movement of their time.
On 40th anniversary of Vietnam War’s end, it’s mea culpa time
The Vietnamese - victims of invasion, aggression and atrocities - haven't forgotten us.
Erwin Marquit, 89: a lifelong communist
Marquit was in the audience listening at the 30th Convention of the CPUSA when John Bachtell paid tribute to Party members who had died since the previous convention.
Strange convergence: Billie Holiday and Ethel Rosenberg at 100
They were each born into poverty six months and a hundred miles apart.
Selma 2015: a massive gathering but a long march ahead
What perilous choices stood before the country in 1965 and what perilous choices stand before us today?
Black History Month is American History Month
Black History Month is American History Month. It's too long for a hashtag. But what better way to honor the legacies of founding African American historians?
Three-fifths a citizen: Are corporations really people?
Today there is another group who has figured out how to use the language of citizenship to twist the rules in their favor: Corporations.
Terrorism and the lessons of African American history
President Obama cautioned us not to judge the more than a billion and half Muslims by the actions of relatively few violent extremists.
Lilo Heller, 94: Holocaust victim and citizen of the world
Lilo Heller, a Holocaust survivor, was born in Germany in 1921 and witnessed the rise of Nazism.
Buffalo Tiger, Miccosukee Indian rights warrior passes on
As a Native leader, his advocacy contributed to hallmarks not just for his own tribe but for others throughout the wide expanse of Indian Country.
