Of lynch mobs and lawsuits, immigration reform today
As the summer marches on, the possibility that a comprehensive immigration reform law be passed before the November elections is more and more problematic.
Is Rand Paul a racist?
Is Rand Paul, a: prejudiced, b: a chauvinist, c: a racist?
Hidden from history: Communists and civil rights
Recently I've been watching reruns of Eyes on the Prize--the old PBS documentary about the history of the civil rights movement--and a thought keeps barging in that wasn't there when I first saw it back in 1987: Why doesn't the Communist Party get some air time in this program?
Black History video celebrates change-making movements
Video celebrates Black History Month with interviews of two Southern California participants in the great social movements for democracy and equality.
How the Greensboro sit-in ignited a social revolution
For us black high school students in the 1950s, it seemed like black people were always the victims. Greensboro was different.
Setting the record straight for Emmett Till
A review of "Simeon's Story, An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till" and an interview with the author, Simeon Wright.
James and Esther Jackson and the long civil rights revolution
A celebration this week recognized the contribution of the Jacksons and the Communist Party in the struggle for African American freedom, and welcomed the new book "Red Activists and Black Freedom."
