Gay rights are civil rights, says NAACP's Julian Bond
NAACP hosts town hall meeting on gay, lesbian and transgender issues and homophobia.
NAACP confronts new Jim Crow racism
Vote suppression and denying ex-felons the right to vote are the new Jim Crow laws of the 21st century, says NAACP leader.
Bachmann and Santorum spark furor over slavery, "family values"
How much slack are voters likely to cut Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum for signing a racist, gay-bashing "family values" pledge as they pandered to the bigots in their campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination?
Blown-up levee destroys black community
A small African-American town is suffering after the Army Corps of Engineers decided to blow holes in a levee in eastern Missouri.
An introduction to Michele Bachmann
Rep. Michele Bachmann supposedly showed "stagecraft" during the Republican debate, but she also has a "talent" for questionable statements and policy positions.
Black lawmakers fight for immigrant rights
Despite the GOP's nationwide push for anti-immigrant laws, Black Democratic lawmakers are denouncing such measures and say their communities support the struggle for immigrant rights.
Media democracy vs. corporations: “Most important issue facing country”
More than 2,500 activists at the National Conference for Media Reform, April 8-10, discussed the fight to defend and expand freedom of the press in the face of corporate power grabs.
Fort Mose: early marker in African American freedom movement
The fight for African American freedom reaches back hundreds of years, even before the arrival of the British.
Black History Month: George B. Murphy, Jr., journalist for the people
I got to know George B. Murphy, Jr. during the 25 years I commuted from Baltimore to Washington D.C. covering the capital for the Daily World newspaper, now the People's World online daily. His long career as a fighting, pro-people journalist made a deep impression on me.
Civil rights legends Nash, Vivian urge continued resistance
CHICAGO - Two "living legends" of the civil rights movement, Diane Nash and the Rev. C. T. Vivian, keynoted "Remembering the Movement," a Black History Month program, livestreamed from the Harold Washington Wing of the DuSable Museum.
