The Debt: UN-panel says U.S. Owes Reparations for Slavery
United Nations As Malcolm X used to like saying: "If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything." Despite African Americans’ feckless political influence toward making it…
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Birthing A Nation: Nat Turner’s Mental and Military Motivations
Nat Turner Nate Parker's movie The Birth of a Nation has revived the question: What caused Nat Turner's 1831 uprising? Turner, first of all, was not a deranged…
This Election: Vote to Save our Children
Marianne Wright Edelman The Reverend Shannon Daley-Harris quotes this passage from Scripture in the preface to her powerful new book "Hope for the Future: Answering God’s Call to…
New York Conference Reviews Congo’s Bloody Calamity Since 1996 Rwanda/Uganda Invasion
Uganda's Gen. Museveni -- he and Rwanda's Gen. Kagame launched war of aggression against Congo The 20th anniversary of the invasion of Congo by Rwanda and Uganda and…
Racism And Police Killings in the Age of Donald Trump
Trump-- simply vile. As the police killings and murders of Black people continue with no end in sight, and with opposition growing to the mass incarceration of Black…
Guided By Sojourner Truth: Tireless Fighter for Justice
I was recently deeply honored to be asked by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to serve as sponsor for a Navy ship being named for Sojourner Truth, my lifelong…
ALFRED OLANGO, FROM U.S.-BACKED PERSECUTION TO U.S. POLICE EXECUTION
The El Cajon Police shooting of Alfred Olango is one of the most recent police shootings of unarmed Black men to make national and international headlines and inspire…
Police Killings of Blacks Escalate as Obama Era Closes
As mass protests continue in North Carolina, and with the start of protests in San Diego, along with an uneasy tension in Oklahoma, we must face the reality…
Mistake: Yale Honors Kagame, Murderous Dictator
Paul Kagame I was shocked to learn from my former student, Kayla Oliver LAW ’18, now an editor of the Yale Law Journal, that Yale invited President Paul…
Why Colin Kaepernick’s Action is Patriotic
Colin Kaepernick Robert F. Kennedy once said: "Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of the colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral…