In what was described as a “new dawn for Africa,” leaders from 44 of the 55 countries of the continent ceremoniously signed a trade pact creating a huge single market from Cape Town to Cairo. The national leaders agreed to eliminate cross-border tariffs and make […]
BY JESSE JACKSON April 4 will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, shot down on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time, we had come to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers seeking a living wage […]
Liberians living in America since a devastating civil war that took 250,000 lives are now in the crosshairs of the current Trump administration which is threatening to lift their protected status and deport them. Some five thousand people nationally are protected from deportation under the […]
More than a million African-Americans live within a half mile of existing natural gas facilities and that number continues to grow. Because of this, many predominately Black communities “face an elevated risk of cancer due to air toxic emissions from natural gas development,” according to […]
By Vinette K. Pryce Special Assignment Isaiah II:6 “…A Little Child Shall Lead Them” “Welcome to the revolution!” Cameron Kasky of the Z Generation and Stoneman Douglas student said. The audience, millions of television viewers and huge crowd packing at least 10 blocks […]
It’s not everyday you see rappers in suits. Unless, you’re addicted to Jidenna’s Long Live The Chief, you may have to go back to the 90’s Bad Boy era to actually see that. But yesterday a new breed of rappers came to the forefront. They […]