Gerrymandering is wrong. We should not endorse it as a state. We should strengthen our election laws and draw districts that make sense to create the most reflective representation possible for our ...

Sekou: “Miradas desde Cuba” (“Views from Cuba” – ed.) is an exhibition that reflects feelings, roots and Afro existence from ...

Dr. Cheryl Janifer LaRoche launches “The Resurrectors,” a time-traveling children’s series bringing Black history to life.

“Children between 5 and 16 are considered the easiest source of cheap labor and are regularly employed in the diamond mining industry, working between six to seven days a week. Because of their small ...

A child rescuer on June 1, 1921 – with Whites out to kill them, Blacks could rely on no one but each other. – Photo courtesy of Tulsa Historical Society & Museum Black Wall Street, the name fittingly ...

Since I arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1991, I’ve listened and read many stories about the disability rights movement and the 1977 historic sit-in at the Federal Building in San Francisco to ...

I was the founding chairman and national organizer of the Black Panther Party. I created an organization, my BPP, in October of 1966, and our first organizing tactic was to legally observe the police ...

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime performance was more than entertainment — it was a cultural flashpoint rich with symbolism, history and social commentary. With 133.5 million viewers, it ...

July 28, 2023 – Ruchell Magee is 84 years old and has spent most of his life behind bars. Throughout his 67 years of unjust captivity, Ruchell has been one of the first and most consistent prisoners ...

Just how bad are things at Virginia’s Red Onion supermax prison? On May 24, 2023, DeAndre Gordon deliberately started a fire in his cell that caused a third-degree burn on his leg. Gordon, who is ...

A picture tells a thousand words of love in this photo of 25-year-old Bradley Barton with his 5-year-old son, who is now 12. Bradley was himself a child when he was convicted at just 19 years old. For ...

An unselfish leader is one who has learned how to get to the mountaintop. As great leaders, they also reach back and pull up the rest of us, not leaving anyone they can help behind. Fred Jordan has ...