‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ hymn ignites hope across nation
Los Angeles (AP) – The Black National Anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called …
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The U.S. is breaking records for all the wrong reasons
Most of the time in America, when you break a record, you are congratulated for a job well done. During the reality of Covid-19, breaking …
Global protests over Floyd’s murder are a call to end the racist world order
Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the horrific police killing of George Floyd drew half-million people in some 550 places nationwide peaked on June 6. …
Trade enforcement creates American jobs
Roughly one in four American workers has filed for unemployment since the pandemic began. To stem the historic tide of unemployment, policymakers quickly put together …
Patriotism and the Pandemic: putting the pain on pause
“O say does that star-bangled banner yet wave, over land of the free and the home of the brave?” No doubt, when those words ring …
We breathe, reproduce, excel, protest, struggle
When I hear folks, who look like me say, “I’m not Black, I’m (fill in the blank country),” I get it. They are saying they …
Japan, New Zealand march to mourn Floyd, seek change
Tokyo (AP) – Holding handmade signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” hundreds of people marched peacefully in Tokyo on Sunday, highlighting the outrage over the …
After Floyd death, a reckoning for immigrant store owners
George Floyd was killed after employees at a convenience store owned by a Palestinian American Muslim – with a Muslim prayer space in its basement …
Trump’s piecemeal policing order is woefully inadequate
On President Trump’s executive order on policing: Donald Trump and his administration have taken every opportunity to dismantle federal police reform efforts, undercut accountability, and …
Monuments under attack worldwide glorify racism and white supremacy
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whose non-violent activism ended 200 years of British rule over his native India, was honored in Africa as a revered adopted son …