racism
Alton Sterling and the state-sanctioned lynching of Black Americans
March 28, 2018“Black boys’ cries fall on deaf white ears and Black mothers' tears keep graveyard grass green.”
Read more“Seven Seconds”: Netflix series explores how the system fails Black Americans
March 21, 2018The problem of racism, and the failure of the justice system to protect Black lives in the United States, goes beyond instances of police brutality and cop acquittals.
Read more“Facing the Rising Sun”: Book illuminates history of Afro-Asian solidarity
March 16, 2018Historian Gerald Horne shows how U.S. expansionist policy boomeranged and drove Negroes, Japanese, and Filipinos together, laying the foundation for an Afro-Asian alliance against white supremacy.
Read moreArmed teachers: A threat to Black children everywhere
March 14, 2018In the so-called mission for safety, it would appear, not surprisingly, the safety of Black children is being overlooked.
Read moreStructural racism remains 50 years after Kerner Commission report
March 7, 2018A new report compares the state of black workers and their families in 1968 with the economic circumstances African Americans face today.
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