Torres and NY City Council Colleagues Protest Federal NYCHA Cuts
Torres On Monday, Council Member Ritchie Torres, in partnership with the Council’s Progressive and the Black, Latino, and Asian Caucuses (BLAC), will be joined by more than 100…
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MYTHS AND REALITIES: OBOTE’S 1968 LETTER TO A LONDON FRIEND-Part ten
Dr. Apollo Milton Obote tightening grip on power, early 1966. “It was clear to all that the Unit at Jinja, having failed to do something unconstitutional, had to…
City of Refuge — Protest March at Trump Building Downtown
CITY OF REFUGE 24 hour action originally scheduled for Tuesday POSTPONED due to Warning of Bad Weather. A new date will be announced shortly.
Why More Black Folk Should be A Part of NYC’s Juvenile Justice System Reform
The NYC Department of Probation initiative to reform the Citys Juvenile Justice System makes a lot of sense and could generate millions of dollars for Blacks to help…
Kenyan Corruption Fighter fears Graft in U.S. Arms Deal
Githongo. Photo: Nation Media Group Kenya's proposed $418 million purchase of a dozen armed border-patrol aircraft and related items from a US manufacturer “fails the smell test,” says…
Kenyan Corruption Fighter fears Graft in U.S. Arms Deal
Githongo. Photo: Nation Media Group Kenya's proposed $418 million purchase of a dozen armed border-patrol aircraft and related items from a US manufacturer “fails the smell test,” says…
We Played Trump Cheap; Now the Joke’s On Us
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1967 said: “In several Southern states men long regarded as political clowns had become governors or only narrowly missed election, their…
Claudia Rankine and Garnette Cadogan in Conversation — Bard Graduate Center
Claudia Rankine and Garnette Cadogan. Photo credit: Anastasia Taylor-Lind Bard Graduate Center’s inaugural Focus Festival, April 8-9, 2017, brings thinkers and artists together for a weekend of interdisciplinary…
New York to join Lawsuit Against Trump’s New Muslim Ban
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that he will join the lawsuit in the Western District of Washington against President Trump's immigration ban. On Monday, Schneiderman…
The Genius of Viola Davis
Viola Davis. Photo: Twitter Viola Davis in her 2015 Emmy acceptance speech quoted Harriet Tubman: "In my mind I see a line, and over that line, I see…