The (Identity) Politics of Reparations
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Can ”reparationist“ be a distinct identity, akin to feminist or abolitionist, a label worn with pride by progressives who believe in...
Israeli peace activists are more anguished than ever − in a movement that has...
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Secular Jewish groups have historically made up the majority of solidarity and peace groups. But Palestinian citizens and observant Jews are...
Prisoners, unions sue Alabama, alleging ‘modern-day slavery’
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The lawsuit claims that Alabama’s system of prison labor generates massive profits for private businesses and revenues for the state by...
Will Gaza Be Biden’s Vietnam?
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Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
But for his ill-conceived and ill-fated support for the Vietnam War, Lyndon Baines Johnson...
Advocates decry what is lost as the teaching of Black history faces growing restraints
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By Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill —
Advocates are sounding the alarm about growing pushes from conservative-led states to downplay the impact...
Reclaiming our history and humanity in struggle
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Emerging and emergent conversations about our future as a people conducted in the community and academy in...
Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to appear before Oklahoma Supreme Court as historic...
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On April 2, State’s High Court to consider whether the survivors, both 109, can continue their fight for justice.
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A Conversation with Dr. Ron Daniels aka the Professor
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A special WBAI fund drive edition of...
No God but Greed: Slavery and Indifference
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The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed – for lack of a better word – is good. Greed is right....
Portugal must ‘pay costs’ of slavery and colonial crimes, President Sousa says
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By Catarina Demony, Reuters —
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late on Tuesday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during...
Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations
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By Catarina Demony, Reuters —
Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities...
Is a gang-led coup next?
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Haiti is in chaos after a massive prison break and gangs calling for the resignation of its prime minister. How did...
Haiti on Fire, Part II: A Message for Barbeque: Be Like Malcolm
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Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Haiti is on fire now in large part because of the terrorism being...
Failed U.S. Policy and the Crisis in Haiti
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Haiti leaders reach deal to form transitional council
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By Agence France Presse (AFP) —
Haitian leaders have finalized a deal for a temporary government to steer their Caribbean nation out...
‘We are history in the making’
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The men who fell from that bridge are the people who build our nation
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You can’t pray for the workers in Baltimore and also be against their dream to come to America.
By Petula Dvorak, The...
Communiqué – 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM
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The Forty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 25 –...
The March Against Displacement in Harlem and Palestine!
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By Herb Boyd —
First I heard the drumming, then the chants of “Viva, Viva Palestina!” from a long line of protesters...
The Problem with Baltimore
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By Anthony Smooth, AAIHS —
In 2015, Harvard economists Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren did a study on how the socioeconomic conditions of the...
Rising child fatalities in Gaza amid starvation and medical shortages
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Amidst the rubble of conflict, Gaza’s youngest bear the brunt of an escalating humanitarian crisis, with malnutrition and lack of medical...
One woman’s battle to push Africa’s space race
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Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of...
A Cosmopolitan Modernism
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The world-spanning art of the Harlem Renaissance.
By Rachel Hunter Himes, The Nation —
In January 1969, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened...
Trump allies plan to reinterpret civil rights laws to protect white people: Report
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The former president’s cronies are planning to gut anti-discrimination policies should he retake the White House in November.
By Nikki McCann Ramirez,...
