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A Black perspective on the 77th World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland
I passed out over 200 of my MEGA (Melanin Enhanced Geek Alliance) ribbons during the four days I attended the Con.
Conditions at the Allred Unit Prison are driving some inmates insane, others homicidal or...
Despite a rise in murders at the Allred Unitâs close custody building this year, overall conditions havenât gotten better; they are getting worse.
30,000 respondents offer a complex picture of race and gender with serious implications for...
âUnderstanding how to reach and move Black voters in 2020 requires a deeper and more inclusive look at how gender impacts our lives and shapes our participation in politics,â said Black Futures Lab Principal Alicia Garza.
Reflections on Re-Build: New Afrikan Peopleâs Assembly in Terre Haute Aug. 17
With food and a live band, the Peopleâs Assembly was a social-cultural celebration that brought out generations of New Afrikan people in Terre Haute.
On Pan Afrikanism: Interview with Comrade Rashid by JR Valrey of Block Report Radio
We need to concentrate and blend the various strains of the Afrikan experience and our adaptations to the Diaspora and cross-cultural and economic exchange into a Pan Afrikan culture and consciousness and productive relations that are rooted in proletarian intercommunalism, internationalism and humanism.
Is Bernie Sanders electable?
Among the Democratic candidates for president, there is one person who speaks for the vast, long-suffering working class, the beating heart of America: Bernie Sanders.
Victoire Ingabire walks a knife edge in Rwanda
Victoire Ingabire âis a convicted criminal who was never rehabilitated. She is not a politician, an opposition leader, but a criminal.â â New Times of Rwanda, Paul Kagameâs newspaper
Lost in time: Lift up our brother Sitawa and strike down indefinite incarceration
Sorrow is felt among the whole prison population for our brother Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, who, along with countless fearless prisoners, pioneered our Prison Human Rights Movement (PHRM) to the worldâs stage leading the largest-in-history California hunger strikes, yet he continues to be held indefinitely. The prison system is covertly executing all of its lifers.
Emergency! Comrade Malik calls for our help: âDonât allow the feds to assassinate me!â
âWhen I embraced this life as a freedom fighter and whistleblower, I knew there would come a time when the oppressors would place me in harmâs way and then feign ignorance. I think itâs time we all got more serious about protecting our most advanced political elements.â â Comrade Malik
Justice demands Mumia Abu-Jamalâs freedom â not continued imprisonment to appease the Fraternal Order...
Formerly hidden evidence disclosed by current District Attorney Larry Krasner justifies a new trial and Abu-Jamalâs immediate release. âAbu-Jamal should have been released by Krasner,â declares Pam Africa.
Another death penalty horror: Stark disparities in media and activist attention
Rodney Reed and everyone else on death row are flesh-and-blood human beings who deserve humane and just treatment, not extermination, regardless of whether you believe they are innocent and havenât had a fair legal process.
New clemency system could turn Rodney Reedâs 20 years of injustice into 20 days
Rodney Reedâs scheduled execution has been put on hold five days before he was to be put to death, after more than 20 years in prison. Common sense and 21st century DNA technology could take 20 days, not 20 years, to give an innocent person his or her life back. It is time for a change in who should control clemency.
Urgent action alert: Stop prison officials from blocking Shaka Shakurâs access to educational and...
Shaka Shakur is a politically active incarcerated New Afrikan who was transferred on Dec. 18, 2018, from the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) to the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) as part of a campaign by prison officials to neutralize his activism.
Rwanda exports 2,163 kg of gold, UAE imports 12,539 kg of it
The final 2019 UN Group of Experts Report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirms that Congoâs eastern neighbor Rwanda remains a haven for smuggling Congolese minerals.
Byron Allen v. Comcast case could tear down Americaâs oldest and strongest anti-discrimination law
âIf the Supreme Court narrows this law, it would give corporations cover â allowing them to cover up racial discrimination ... A bad decision in this case could have impact on everyday businesses owned by Black people across our country.â
âRemembering James: The Life and Music of James Brownâ runs through Nov. 24 at...
The Black Repertory Group is kicking off its 56th uninterrupted theater season with the life and music of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. The nationally touring musical âRemembering Jamesâ is running Thursdays-Sundays through Nov. 24.
âMumia Abu-Jamal is just one step away from freedom,â says Maureen Faulkner
Philadelphia police have been violent and racist and corrupt for decades. They have a lot to lose if Mumia wins â because when Mumia wins, the forces that support Black dignity and freedom are winning.
Poetic justices: Two Black women appointed to California Superior Court judgeships
âThese appointments speak volumes. I am extremely pleased and excited that there are two new highly professional and qualified African-American women judges appointed to the California Superior Court.â
Black Alliance for Peace stands in revolutionary solidarity with the people of Bolivia
With the forced resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales and the physical assaults against leaders of the Movement for Socialism, the progress made by indigenous and working-class people of Bolivia is under serious assault.
Modern-day slavery from incarceration to forced adoption
System-impacted women and girls are now leading the criminal law reform ... showing the American public and policymakers that previous beliefs on punitive punishments and ârehabilitationâ are wrong.