COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Monday that the Confederate flag near the state Capitol should be moved, reversing an earlier position she had held and adding a powerful voice to the growing chorus of calls for the flag’s removal. “It’s time to move the flag from the Capitol grounds,” Haley, a Republican, said […]
Attorney Jovan Blacknell is an aggressive trial attorney specializing in criminal defense and civil litigation. He has been practicing law in Southern California for nearly 10 years. He began his legal career in California working for a Downtown Los Angeles civil litigation firm. He then worked for many years as a Los Angeles County Deputy […]
SAJI Yoga Mind Gem Today, I will let go and let God. I will trust and allow life to happen without worry. I choose to have faith, knowing each gift and lesson that supports my wholeness will be revealed under grace and ease I will focus on healing dark places within me, to manifest my […]
Sadiki Bakari is one of the preeminent visual lecturers of his generation. Armed with the ancestor’s primordial intelligence, he is able to invoke the genome of one’s DNA. His visual presentations bring forth a renewal of the spirit and cleansing of the soul. Bakari is also a published author, people’s advocate and explosive spoken word artisan. His […]
A handful of Senate Democrats are pushing for hearings on domestic terrorism following last month’s shooting at an African-American church in Charleston, S.C. “We urge you to hold hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee on the threat posed by domestic terrorism and homegrown hate groups. In the past, mass violence in our country has been […]
Andre Eggelletion started in radio back in 2000 on Mystik 1580 in Miami. He quickly became so popular, that he got a nationally syndicated radio show. For a time, he hosted the morning program on “The People’s Station” WTPS in Miami and hosted “The Dre Zone” on XM Radio. Andre was born and raised in South […]
Dr. Gerald Horne is an African American historian, author, and Communist who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He received his PhD from Columbia University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a frequent contributor to Political Affairs […]
Nana Gyamfi has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994. Nana graduated from Cornell University and earned her law degree from UCLA’s School of Law. In 1992, while still in law school, Nana worked with Chokwe Lumumba at the Black Law Institute and co-organized and directed the community […]
WASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba will announce an agreement on Wednesday to reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, formally restoring diplomatic relations more than a half-century after they were ruptured, according to administration officials. The agreement represents the most tangible outcome to date of President Obama’s decision to reach out to the island nation and end […]
WASHINGTON (RNS) Civil rights veteran and Congressman John Lewis urged black clergy to work for changes in the Voting Rights Act on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that removed key provisions of the law. “It’s time again for religious leaders, the ministers of the gospel, to get in trouble,” said Lewis, speaking […]