It was in Louisville, Kentucky, that I first encountered the problem that ultimately – but remotely – resulted in the tragic deaths of five policemen in Dallas, Texas, last week.
The problem? The hostility between Black men (especially young ones) and white police officers.
Last week Toronto-based Lundin Mining hired the Bank of Montreal to help it decide what to do with its stake in the massive Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt mine in Eastern Congo (
Omar Mateen, the American gunman who slaughtered 50 people and wounded another 53 at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, on 12 June 2016, used an AR-15 assault rifle to kill his victims.
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If I were to write an open letter to Muhammad Ali now, my tears would be the ink with which I write. It would be a letter of love and admiration. Of confusion and anger.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). It is arguably the most revolutionary and impactful organization created by the African-American liberation struggle.
A center designed for the preservation and exhibition of the contributions of people of African descent in the United States is scheduled to open later this year.
There has been no substantial discussion within the context of primary debates and capitalist party platforms related to Washington's foreign policy towards Africa.
Black Music Month is going unnoticed by President Barack Obama. President Barack Hussein Obama, the first African president of the United States, will be remembered for bombing Libya and murdering its leader Muammar Gaddafi. Libya is not in the Middle East.
Inyanda National Land Movement condemns the assassination of Comrade Bazooka, the threats and the intimidation of the leadership of Amadiba Crisis Committee. As a national land rights movement we demand swift government action against the Australian Mining Company (MRC)!