Black Farmers Continue Pressing USDA and Obama Administration and Supreme Court for Justice.
By Barrington M. Salmon Aug. 7, 2016 For more than two decades, Black farmers have driven tractors to Capitol Hill…
White Vigilante Killed Her Son But She’s Forced to Prove To Media That He Wasn’t a ‘Hoodlum’
by Ricky Riley: On Sunday, Aug. 7, Raleigh, North Carolina homeowner, Chad Copley, shot a Black partygoer— after a 911…
Lawyer, Community Organizer, Kamau Franklin
Kamau Franklin was our guest, Lawyer, Journalist, Community Organizer, and a leading member of a national grassroots organization dedicated to…
5 Worst States for Black People
Arise America reviews TheRoot.com’s list of the five worst states for black people to live in today. Arise News anchor…
Bryant Gumbel: ‘My Son Was Arrested for Walking While Black’
Sportscaster and TV host Bryant Gumbel reveals his personal feelings on the recent surge of “Blue on Black” incidents involving…
The Need for African-American Males in “Higher” Education
My name is Rel Dowdell, and I am an acclaimed screenwriter, filmmaker as well as an English professor who has…
Breaking Down the Stats: Report Reveals Blacks Make Up More than Half the Prison Population in 12 States
June 17, 2016 | Posted by Shaundra Selvaggi Black people are incarcerated in the nation’s state prisons five times as…
Bigots are Yelling for Black People to ‘Go Back to Africa!’ – But What Does It Mean? And Is It Possible to Return?
Posted by David Love “Go back to Africa!” It is the phrase du jour for racist whites, typically when used…
Rev. Edward Pinkney (Prison Interview)
Political Prisoner and friend Reverend Edward Pinkney, interviewing from Marquette prison in Michigan. http://media.blubrry.com/timeforanawakeningmedia/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-130808/TS-1087214.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download…
Local Jails Now Profiting from Warehousing Prisoners from Overcrowded State Jails, Expanding Slave Labor
June 11, 2016 | Posted by Shaundra Selvaggi The U.S. locks up more people than any other country in the…