Integrating American Bandstand
We wanted to get involved but we didn't know how to connect to the civil rights movement in our community.
The rich hurt you and me every day, new book reveals how
99 To 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking The World And What We Can Do About It, by Chuck Collins, helps readers gain a mastery over the practical politics of attacking inequality.
Taxing millionaires to build healthier communities
For years, Lillian had struggled to keep her family safe and healthy amid the rising poverty, joblessness and growing crack cocaine epidemic in Bayview-Hunter's Point.
Tax wealth not work!
Tax Day demonstrations took place by the hundreds this week from one end of the nation to the other.
Snapshots from the world of the wealthy
Every spring, major media outlets start releasing annual reports on America's biggest income earners, and USA Today just helped kick off this year's surge.
China: The Frog & The Scorpion?
Can China swim capitalism's scorpion across the river and avoid the sting?
We are all Trayvon Martin
We are all Trayvon Martin, even those of us who have never been trapped alone on a dark street on the thin line between life and death.
The new assault on affirmative action
Readers may be unaware that Communist trade unionists were pioneers in developing practical programs to integrate minorities and women into employment.
Disney uses black Princess Tiana character to sell watermelon candy
And not only was Princess Tiana used to sell the Valentine treat. Alongside her a white Sleeping Beauty is used to sell vanilla candy.
“The New Jim Crow” is must-read for social justice movement
Much like James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time" or Michael Harrington's "The Other America," Alexander's book is a wakeup call to this nation.
