Leaking Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant shutdown ordered as Obama pledges...
by Bob Nichols Nuclear power opponents from at least three states converged in Brattleboro, Vermont, for a rally Sunday, Feb. 21, calling for Vermont Yankee to stop operating immediately until the...
View ArticlePelican Bay: Third day of the hunger strike
by Kijana Tashiri Askari A banner on the University Avenue I-80 pedestrian overpass reminds the public that prisoners are in a life and death struggle to end solitary confinement. – Photo: Mindy Stone...
View ArticleCop who murdered Kenneth Harding arrested for molesting teenage boy
by Denika Chatman When you think of an officer of the law, you tend to think of a public servant to protect and serve, not a murderer, child molester or pedophile. We know that all officers aren’t bad,...
View ArticleCivil rights leader Rev. Edward Pinkney sentenced to 2 ½ to 10 years by...
by Abayomi Azikiwe St. Joseph, Mich. – Berrien County Judge Sterling Schrock sentenced the leader of the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO), Rev. Edward Pinkney, to 30-120 months in...
View ArticleJoin ILWU Local 10 for May Day 2016 ‘National Day of Mourning’ for victims of...
by Clarence Thomas, past secretary-treasurer for Local 10 Bernie Sanders embraces Danny Glover at a rally in Greenville, S.C., on Feb. 21, 2016. Former NAACP President Ben Jealous is behind them. –...
View ArticleDon’t let Trump exploit an accident to foment hate
by Francisco Ugarte No topic is more important to President Donald Trump’s political agenda than immigration. And since July 1, 2015, he has used one case – the tragic death of Kathryn Steinle – as his...
View ArticleFor the NFL, it was ‘Choose your side Sunday’
by Dave Zirin The 1960s and 1970s saw a hurricane of political athletes: legends like Muhammad Ali, John Carlos, Tommie Smith, Curt Flood and Billie Jean King. But nothing, literally nothing, in the...
View ArticleA historical perspective on the contemporary racial divide
by Kamau Mukuria “If you are deaf, dumb and blind to what is happening in the world, you’re under no obligation. But if you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you...
View Article‘Black Panther’: Reflection on cultural solidarity and historic debt
by Wanda Sabir N’Jadaka (Michael B. Jordan) and T’Challa (Chadwick Bozeman) resort to mortal combat as so often happens on the streets in the U.S. – Photo: Marvel Studios King T’Challa, the revered...
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