Pentagon Admitted to Using Black Soldiers as Human Guinea Pigs in WWII
By David Love – June 24, 2015 Black enlisted men were used as human guinea pigs in chemical experiments during…
Ghana Rated The Fastest Growing Economy In The World
By Lorine Towett April 20, 2019 Latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) report has rated Ghana as the fastest growing economy…
The Ida B. Wells Society provides investigative reporter training to Black journalists
Lauren Poteat Apr 25, 2019 It’s no secret that Black journalists are underrepresented within newsrooms across the nation — especially…
‘We’re not a dump’ – poor Alabama towns struggle under the stench of toxic landfills
Oliver Millman Selma, Alabama West Jefferson, Alabama, a somnolent town of around 420 people north-west of Birmingham, was an unlikely…
As Black Activists Protested Police Killings, Homeland Security Worried They Might Join ISIS
Alice SperiThe Intercept April 8 2019, 8:23 a.m. As nationwide protests against police killings of black men began rolling across…
Why Every African Should Embrace the Pan-African Struggle for a United Africa
Sebastiane Ebatamehi Mon, Apr 1, 2019 The Pan-African struggle is not an individual one, it is collective, and Africa needs…
How Reconstruction Still Shapes American Racism
By Henry Louis Gates Jr. April 2, 2019 During an interview with Chris Rock for my PBS series African American…
Ernest Withers: Undercover Agent for FBI or Forced to be a Spy?
By Sybil C. Mitchell, The New Tri-State Defender Published January 24, 2019 On the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King…
Oil industry woos SC African-Americans to support offshore drilling
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Daniel Island, speaks to the crowd at a rally against off-shore drilling held in Columbia in February.…