African Americans

Ferguson exposes U.S. ‘human rights’ fraud

Dec. 1 — With the grand jury in Missouri refusing to bring any charges against the white police officer who…

December 5, 2014

The elections and the oppressed

The loss of the U.S. Senate to the Republican right and their gains in the Congress during the midterm 2014…

November 12, 2014

U.N. rapporteurs visit Detroit

After a three-day fact-finding mission in the city of Detroit from Oct. 18-20, two U.N. Special Rapporteurs issued a scathing indictment of all…

October 28, 2014

Ferguson Rebellion exposes U.S. racism globally

Just one day after U.S. President Barack Obama hosted leaders from across Africa, African Americans exploded in rebellion in Ferguson,…

September 2, 2014

Police killing ignites struggle against racism

Slain 18-year-old Ferguson, Mo., resident Michael Brown was laid to rest on Aug. 25. The funeral was a local and…

August 26, 2014

Defend Ferguson UPRISING!

Aug. 19 bulletin: News sources report that 78 people were arrested Aug. 18 during a police riot in Ferguson. A…

August 19, 2014

Renisha McBride’s killer: ‘Guilty’

Detroit -- A Wayne County jury on Aug. 7 found Theodore Wafer, 55, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., a Detroit suburb,…

August 13, 2014

Defying racists, group welcomes refugees

When some young Houston activists discovered that a racist, anti-immigrant group called Stop the Magnet was going to be on…

July 15, 2014

How Voting Rights Act was set back

At his Escambia County polling site on June 3, 93-year-old African-American Willie Mims was disenfranchised by Alabama's strict new voter…

June 24, 2014

Mortgage crisis continues

A new report documents how millions of people across the U.S. continue to suffer the effects of the housing crisis…

May 22, 2014