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50 Years AFter Dream: Zimmerman And Other Injustices Should Inspire US To...
[Op-Ed: National]It is hard to believe that 50 years have passed since the fateful March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King seized the hearts and minds of this nation.He laid out his vision for...
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Honoring Dr. King's Legacy: Jobs, Livable Wages, Decent Education and Global...
[The Dream: 50th Anniversary Celebration]In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the...
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U.S.-backed Uganda Regime's Police Attack Students Opposing Bill Barring...
Student leader Adeke Anna Ebaju[Op-Ed: Global]Loaded gun held at students' head. The General Yoweri Museveni dictatorship has launched a brutal attack on students and youths, who are actively...
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Accusing Uganda President Of Murdering His Own Former Comrades, A Top...
Uganda's President, Gen. Museveni. A top general and former key aide launches serious accusations [Op-Ed: Global] Gen. David Sejusa, a former top aide to Uganda's U.S.-backed president Gen. Yoweri...
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Congo and Rwanda trade accusations of cross border fire
KPFA Radio News, 08.24.2013KPFA Evening News Anchor Sharon Sobotta: Fighting has resumed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province, with both Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of...
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Uncle Tom vs. Uncle Sam: New Play Brings Race and Relationship Politics to...
[HeleseTALKS!]Uncle Tom vs. Uncle Sam, produced, written and directed by Bless ji Jaja, touches on old paradigm problems in the current backdrop of gentrified Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. The play is up at the...
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Washington Tribute To Bayard Rustin, Prime Organizer Of March On Washington
[March On Washington: Tribute] The American Federation of Teachers, the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the Service Employees International Union and the National Black Justice Coalition have joined...
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Marching on DC: Voting Rights, Racial Justice and Climate Action
Dr. King cared about our earth and destruction of our environment[Future Hope] “On April 4, 1967, exactly a year before he was killed, Dr. King named ‘materialism’ as one of the deadly triplets...
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Egypt's Rock And Hard Place: Military Repression Vs. Politicized Islam
The persistent talk and speculation as to what the U.S. should do about the crisis in Egypt is irrelevant. What will happen in Egypt will happen regardless of what the U.S., or any other country, does...
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Job Openings: Construction and General Building Laborers Recruit Apprentices
[JOBS]The Construction and General Building Laborers, Local Union #79, will conduct a recruitment from September 4, 2013 through September 17, 2013 for 100 skilled construction craft laborer...
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In The End Even This Gridlocked Congress Must Function
President Obama shown with Speaker Boehner. Columnist believes Congress may still accomplish somethingAs I speak to people about the Congress, one question arises more than any other: Why is Congress...
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Mayoral Candidate John Liu And Rights Group Condemn Reported NYPD MOSQUEs...
Comptroller John Liu New York City Comptroller John C. Liu has condemned as "outrageous" a report in the Associated Press that the New York Police Department (NYPD), without evidence, has labeled some...
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Following Accusations Of Political Murders By His Ex- Top Aide, Pressure...
Gen. Museveni eulogized Gen. Kazini at his funeral service. Now another top general says Museveni actually ordered the killing[Uganda: Analysis]Twenty-seven years into his regime, General Yoweri...
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Venezuela's President Maduro Deplores Plans For Western Military Attacks On...
[Commentary]President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, on behalf of the Venezuelan Government and People, strongly rejects and condemns any attempt by the imperialist...
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1963 vs. 2013: From Aggressive Peaceful Activism To Tranquilizing Gradualism
[The View From Washington]“We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing...
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A Travesty In Florida Part One: How Zimmerman Lied To Avoid Murder Conviction
Zimmerman: confidence of a man who knew he would walk[Speaking Truth To Power]First of a series:In addition to the several columns already published here, over the next few weeks, in a special series...
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Barbara Lee: Syria poses no imminent threat to the U.S.
During his 2007 presidential campaign, Barack Obama told the Boston Globe that,“The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that...
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Dru Hill Talks Music and Multiple Loves
[HeleseTALKS!]Dru Hill performed at B.B. Kings on Saturday, August 24th and they reminded me that the importance of live performance in the is undeniable. All of the commitment to the craft comes to...
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How A Country Named Uganda Became Museveni Family Incorporated
All in the family: Museveni, son Muhoozi and wife Janet[Global: Commentary]The story of the dominance of the Museveni Family Network in Ugandan politics and their monopolistic grip on the most...
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Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible?
Has Secretary Kerry made a compelling case with evidence?[Global: Middle East]Let's compare a couple of accounts of the mass deaths apparently caused by chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of...
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