Hillary Clinton is no friend of Black empowerment
by Musa al-Gharbi As an African American, I have struggled to understand why so many of my Black brothers and sisters seem to prefer Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. While Hillary Clinton tries to...
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by Bill Quigley Protesters march outside the Detroit church where Trump spoke on Sept. 4, 2016. – Photo: Rebecca Cook, Reuters When you find yourself in a suddenly darkened room, what do you do? Some...
View ArticleWhite fear and the unbearable reality of Black perfection
by Jacqueline Bediako On Sept. 16, the entire Garfield High School football team in Seattle took a knee during the national anthem, and a month later thousands of Seattle public school teachers wore...
View ArticleWomen march against Washington
by Mumia Abu-Jamal At the Women’s March in San Francisco, 100,000 to 150,000 people braved rainy, stormy weather to demand equal rights. – Photo: Jim Wilson, New York Times They covered the streets...
View ArticleMumia Abu-Jamal: The fall
by Mumia Abu-Jamal It has been exceedingly difficult to write about the Trump presidency, seemingly crumbling before our eyes. In part that’s because of the sheer pace of new revelations, scandals...
View ArticleOpposition mounts to sexual harassment witch-hunt
by Joseph Kishore Tavis Smiley’s bold keynote speech at the San Francisco NAACP gala on Nov. 9, 2013, responded to detractors who condemned him for criticizing Obama, yet he has not yet had an...
View ArticleFind the root of the rot: ‘Follow the Money: Flashpoints Radio Voices for...
San Francisco – On April 15, tax day, we think about money. If we follow the money, we find the root of the rot. That is the unifying theme of 66 incisive interviews with Dennis J. Bernstein on his...
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