racism
William Z. Foster—Pioneer fighter for Black equality in organized labor
February 25, 2021At a time when trade unions ignored the issues of Black workers and kept them out of organized labor, William Z. Foster fought to change the whole movement.
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‘Executive Order’: A futuristic ‘final solution’ to the Brazilian ‘race problem’ at PAFF
February 24, 2021This imaginative movie is a highly recommended film from Brazil that personifies PAFF’s motion picture panache and ethos.
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Half a million COVID dead: Trump death cult meets shock doctrine
February 22, 2021Today we are a nation of the walking wounded—those of us still above ground.
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah,’ the story of revolutionary Black Panther Fred Hampton
February 22, 2021The film Judas and the Black Messiah, directed by Shaka King, with a screenplay by Shaka King and Will Berson, shows how many in the late 1960s and ’70s in the U.S., and around the world...
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Pandemic’s 1-2 punch: Unemployment up, life expectancy down
February 19, 2021Spotlighting the modern-day plague’s impact on people of color, the report showed life expectancy for Black Americans dropped by 2.7 years on average, higher than for any other group.
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