Racism and Self-Determination

Honoring Dr. King, getting ready for May Day

April 4 actions across the U.S. cele­brated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to end the “three evils of society”…

April 12, 2017

Athletes speak out, take action on social issues

Social activism among amateur and professional athletes may not have begun with National Football League quarterback Colin Kaerpernick’s protest against…

April 10, 2017

Black, Brown, Indigenous girls’ lives matter

The hashtag #MissingDCGirls, out of Washington, D.C., went viral on social media the week of March 27, dramatizing the special…

April 9, 2017

Black Lives Matter protest against Trump, de Blasio

By Taryn Fivek and Nathaniel Peters New York City Hundreds of activists skillfully moved past police barricades to scale the…

April 3, 2017

Black woman freedom fighter, Ramona Africa, discusses MOVE and surviving the 1985 bombing

Former U.S. political prisoner Ramona Africa is the Minister of Communication for the MOVE Organization and a Philadelphia-based organizer with…

April 3, 2017

Justice for Ramarley Graham

Two demonstrations were held March 27 in New York City to protest the white New York Police Department cop who…

March 30, 2017

Why is Colin Kaepernick unemployed?

Super Bowl LI occurred less than two months ago on Feb. 5 and already there is much talk in the…

March 28, 2017

Mumia speaks on Mona, Pam and Monica: Harriet’s granddaughters

Transcribed from the March 22 taped message from Mumia Abu-Jamal “from inside Prison Nation,” recorded by Noel Hanrahan of prisonradio.org.…

March 27, 2017

‘Love was in the air’ – A tribute to Warrior Sisters of the Revolution

International Working Women’s Month was celebrated Philadelphia style on March 24 with a special event honoring three Black women activist…

March 27, 2017

Ida Gibbs Hunt and the Pan-African Movement

The Pan-African Congress in Paris in 1919 saw participation by African-American women, including Addie Waites Hunton and Ida Gibbs Hunt,…

March 27, 2017