Rev. Jesse Jackson: A Shepard Of Black Political Power
By Frederick Joseph Photos: Wikimedia Commons The first text I saw this morning, the one that told me Jesse Jackson had died, came from my mother. There was…
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New Jersey Activist Lawrence Hamm Announces Run For U.S. Senate
Photos: Facebook Lawrence Hamm, a social justice activist and chairman of the People’s Organization For Progress, has announced that he is a candidate for U.S. Senator for the…
House Passes Bill to Study Racial Disparities facing Black Men, Boys
Rep. Wilson: "The commission will review police brutality, gun violence, fatherhood, recruiting and training black male teachers, and even sneakers, which play an important role in the lives…
COVID-19 MAKES IT CLEAR HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT
Rev. Jackson: "The U.S. spends about twice as much per capita for its patchwork health-care system than most industrialized countries. Why were we caught with such shortages of…
DAYTON MASSACRE TAKES LIFE OF FAMILY MEMBER RELATED TO JOURNALIST GREG PALAST’S ASSISTANT PRODUCER
Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Greg Palast has announced that his assistant producer, Jevin Lamar, lost his cousin, Thomas "Tee Jay" McNichols in the Dayton Massacre. Photo: Ilene Procter\…
Uganda MP Bobi Wine a Panelist at U.S. Human Rights forum Organized by Rev. Jesse Jackson — Former Vice President Biden, Special Speaker
The Ugandan international human rights leader Robert Kyagulanyi, a.k.a. Bobi Wine, is one of the featured speakers on July 1 at a conference organized by the Rev. Jesse…
Major Reparations Summit Set For April 9 In New York City
Dr. Ron Daniels The International Reparations Summit hosted by The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), a leading research, policy and advocacy group with offices in…