Protesting a police killing and marching in support of a man convicted of rape can pose a real dilemma when one in five women nationwide has suffered a sexual assault.
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Daughter of Prominent Civil Rights Pastor Says the Church Must Re-Commit to Social Gospel
The institutional church, which has largely embraced the prosperity gospels, must return to its original social justice commitment, says Jennifer Jones Austin.
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South Africa Passes Land Expropriations Bill
Some groups critical of bill allowing compulsory purchase in public interest that ruling ANC says will tackle injustice.
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In D.C., Disappointment with Obama Over His Silence on Statehood
For the first time in 16 years, D.C. statehood is part of the official platform at the Democratic National Convention. And when President Obama addresses the convention in Philadelphia on Wednesday, D.C. delegates are hoping the city’s most famous resident will make a prime-time pitch on behalf of their defining political cause.
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15 Successful African American Entrepreneurs on Etsy
Since its launch back in 2005, Etsy has grown into a huge ecommerce market for handmade and vintage goods. Browsing through Etsy, you can see products from a huge variety of sellers.
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Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
James Brown held a prominent place in my constellation of stars. His music was the soundtrack of my black girl life.
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Ugandan Photographer Sarah Waiswa Wins Prestigious Recontres d’Arles 2016 Discovery Award
Ugandan-born, Nairobi-based photographer Sarah Waiswa recently won the Recontres d’Arles 2016 Discovery Award for her photography project: “ Stranger in Familiar Land.”
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Who’s to Blame in South Sudan?
Colonial rule ended in Sudan in 1956. As the British and Egyptian flags were lowered, a struggle for power between rival factions was already under way. Fifty-five years later Sudan was partitioned and a new nation came into existence: South Sudan, whose population had spent decades waging a succession of wars against the regime in Khartoum, was now an independent country, the world’s most recent, recognized by the UN, the African Union (AU), and Sudan itself.
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Black Films Matter
Will ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Nate Parker’s provocative slavery saga, attract African American audiences and the Academy?
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Iconic African-American Olympians Participate in Panel at Heinz History Center
It remains one of the most enduring photos in sports photography: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medals dangling over their penny numbers, eyes down, black-gloved fists thrust into the air.
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