by Wendell Griffen | Mar 21, 2022 | Opinion
I am one of the more than 30 million descendants of American slavery. Our enslaved ancestors were shipped, sold, robbed, maimed, raped, murdered and otherwise wronged from 1619, when a Dutch ship named the White Lion arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, until slavery was...
by William H. Lamar IV | Feb 17, 2022 | Opinion
Malcolm X once said, “Just because a cat has kittens in the oven, that doesn’t make them biscuits.” Brother Malcolm’s sentiments should apply to our thinking about democracy in the American Empire. We are told that we live in a democracy, but that does not make...
by Leslie Copeland-Tune | Feb 16, 2022 | Opinion
I will probably never forget the pain in my mother’s voice in 2013 after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Shelby County v. Holder case. Their ruling gutted two significant provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, legislation which she had fought hard for and...
by Jim Hopkins | Feb 9, 2022 | Opinion
In preparation for Black History Month 2022, I read Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America by Keisha N. Blain. Hamer’s story is integral to the history of the struggle for Black voting rights, women’s empowerment, economic rights and human...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 14, 2022 | Opinion
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