The president is the best thing that ever happened to the corporate elite, a distraction on the lines of the old Jim Crow By Robert Reich...

They attract money and attention to the predominantly white universities that showcase them, while HBCUs struggle. What would happen if...

Ave DuVernay’s compelling Netflix mini-series When They See Us is a reminder that we need to change how the system works By Rashad...

Don’t Let the Loud Bigots Distract You. America’s Real Problem With Race Cuts Far Deeper By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. | Time Magazine |...

It is half a century since the Last Poets stood in Harlem, uttered their first words in public, and created the blueprint for hip-hop. At...

President Obama and GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney have spent countless hours slamming each other over the economy, the deficit,...

Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Author and Political Analyst Posted: 03/ 1/2012 1:31 pm The U.S. Supreme Court almost certainly will vote before...

Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 1/19/12 07:10 PM ET “In all my courses, I really have to teach the...

Steve Nelson/Head of the Calhoun School in Manhattan Posted: 8/25/11 06:30 PM ET Obscured by incessant chatter about the credit rating...

In the County of Lamar – Paris, Texas, The case of Bobby Yates and at least twenty others handled by Lamar County Attorney Gary Young,...

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the “oughtness” that...

Conservatives in the media cling determinedly to the ridiculous notion that President Obama and the Justice Department dropped voter...

Amy B. Dean – Co-Author, “A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement” – Posted: December 21, 2010...

Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 5:29 am – By: Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com Deliberate obstructionism by the GOP has created a...

What UP Bay-By! Miles Here! I can’t wait until this damn election is over.  These damn campaign ads on TV are driving me crazy!   All...

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In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York…… In places like Chicago and New York Kids say, In places...