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After nine months in Mesa Verde detention, Black Brazilian musician Leandro “Leo” Oliveira Xavier is free on asylum but says the trauma and the fight are far from over. In this interview, he calls on Black communities to recognize immigration detention as a Black issue and stand with those still locked up.

Your phone’s location pings are being harvested, sold and used to build a surveillance machine that can reach from advertisers to police. This investigation traces the data trap — and lays out steps to fight back.

Cuban diplomat Gabriela Castillo warns that the blockade is cutting off the exchanges, friendships and Black internationalist ties that bring people together. She argues that Cuba and the United States are neighboring peoples, not enemies, and that future generations should not inherit mistrust and separation.

Gary, Indiana’s long blackout after a devastating derecho exposes how FEMA’s disaster relief system leaves Black and poor communities waiting while wealthier, whiter places get protected. Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright argues that ending this disposability demands climate and environmental liberation, not empty promises of justice.

Obi Egbuna Jr. traces a militant Pan-African history of confronting the United Nations, from DuBois and Robeson to Lumumba, Malcolm and Cuba. He warns that liberation struggles face imperial pressure, opportunists and political theater at the very institutions claiming to uphold justice.

After following Berkeley Unified’s transfer process for her daughter, Ty-Licia Hooker says she was met with delays, dismissal and humiliation. Her experience asks whether Black families have real access to the educational opportunities districts claim to offer.

Dhoruba Bin-Wahad argues that a Guardian-published open letter on Iranian political prisoners gives cover to U.S. and Zionist aggression against Iran while ignoring Palestinian and Black political prisoners. He calls on its signatories to account for what he sees as their selective anti-imperialism.

During October, while we are honoring the Black Panther's 60th anniversary, we reexamine some of the revolutionary stances of The Black Panthers Party. Here Huey P. Newton argues that capitalism cannot solve Black community exploitation, while reconsidering how Black businesses can be pushed to serve community survival rather than profit from it. He calls for theory joined to action and for building the people’s power to control their own destiny.

Gerald A. Perreira argues that Oct. 7, 2023, was the culmination of generations of Palestinian oppression and resistance, not the beginning of the crisis in Gaza. He casts Gaza’s struggle and the Axis of Resistance as part of a global fight against imperialism, Zionism and Western power.

Haiti Action Committee condemns a new massacre in Kenscoff and calls on the Trump administration to stop deporting Haitians to conditions of escalating violence and displacement. The committee urges passage of legislation extending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.

Colin Logan describes the detention of Afro-Brazilian drummer and cultural educator Leo Oliveira Xavier after a routine ICE check-in in San Francisco. The interview calls for his release and directs readers to support the campaign led by immigrant-rights organizers.

The Cuban Embassy's First Secretary, Sulia Paez and Second Secretary, Gabriela Castillo, spent four days in the San Francisco Bay Area building solidarity, meeting activists and exploring the region’s revolutionary art. The San Francisco Bayview's Leah Harmony shares her experience and its impact.

Dr. Julianne Malveaux condemns the threatened end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians as a policy of punishment rooted in Haiti’s long history of exploitation and contempt. She calls for solidarity, an extension of TPS and a path to permanence for Haitian families who have built their lives in the United States.

Cuban Embassy First Secretary Sulia Páez discusses the Cuban government’s response to U.S. policy, including the reported impacts of the blockade and fuel shortages. In an interview with JR Valrey, she addresses health care, sovereignty and U.S.-Cuba relations.

In commemoration of the Fidel Castro centenary on August 13, 2026, we present remarks given by Djibo Sobukwe at The Symposium on Fidel Castro and...

We examine the Bertie-Martin prison uprising through the lens of longstanding concerns about incarceration, neglect and human rights. Eric Hunter argues that prison resistance must be understood in the context of systemic conditions rather than as an isolated crisis.

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s reported Fifth Amendment pleas and Tulsi Gabbard’s release of COVID-19 files reignite explosive questions about the pandemic’s origins, government secrecy and public accountability. But for Black America, the article argues, these revelations only confirm a centuries-old truth: mistrust of the U.S. medical establishment was never unfounded.

Francesca Albanese told the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress that Palestine has exposed the failures of international law, democracy and the global political order. She urged civil society to turn solidarity into sustained legal, economic and political action.

The United States just banned the best soccer referee in Africa from entering the U.S. for the World Cup ... simply because he is from Somalia

Afro-Play is creating a joyful, culturally affirming space where Black children ages 0–5 and their families can learn, play and build community together in Oakland. Co-founders Ellen Hamilton and Ajhana DeRamous share how a grassroots playgroup grew into an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to nurturing Black joy, early childhood development and stronger family support networks.