How an African Student invited Malcolm X to Oxford Union debate
Larger-frame photo, left to right: Nthenda, unidentified, Malcolm X, Oxford Union President Eric Abrahams. The smaller frame omits Abrahams due to size. My name is Louis Nthenda --a…
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Lock Up The Men, Evict the Women and Children
Matthew Desmond’s book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” like Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed,” is a heartbreaking snapshot of the rapacious exploitation and misery we…
Black Lives: Freddie Gray and The Illusion of American Justice
Nero The forgone conclusion that Officer Edward Nero would be acquitted for his role in the killing of Freddie Gray has now come to pass. Justice for a…
Monsanto Ordered to Pay $46.5 Million in PCB Lawsuit in Rare Win for Plaintiffs
A St. Louis jury has awarded three plaintiffs a total of $46.5 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging that Monsanto and three other companies were negligent in…
SCOTUS Finds 1987 Murder Trial’s All-white Jury formation Racially Biased
Clarence Thomas -- sees no evil, hears no evil In 1986, Timothy Foster was tried and convicted for the murder of an elderly White woman, Queen Madge White,…
Justice: Why More African Americans Must Talk “Reparations”
Rep. Conyers has been a frontline general on a Reparations By our unpaid labor and suffering, we have earned the right to the soil, many times over, now…
How Five Western Donors Shape a Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture
"The Unholy Alliance, Five Western Donors Shape a Pro-Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture," a new report released today by the Oakland Institute, exposes how a coalition of four…
Nero Walks — Judge Springs Freddie Gray Cop
Edward Nero, one of the Baltimore cops charged in connection with the 2015 death of Freddie Gray got an early Christmas present -- he was acquitted on all…
CEMOTAP Remembers “Our Soldier” Ancestor — Gil Noble on May 28
On May 28 the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP) hosts a remembrance event in honor of ancestor Brother Gil Noble. Speakers are: Dr. Leonard…
Building Strong Children Today For a Strong Nation Tomorrow
Pediatricians aren’t usually day-to-day policy makers but policy decisions affect the work they do every day as frontline caregivers for our nation’s children. That’s why I was extremely…