Black Politics
This is part two of a shortlist on Black women communists radicals must study. To read the first part of this list, click here. Charlene Mitchell Like many of the women [...]
LIBERATORY EDUCATION: CULTIVATING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Rapheal Randall originally drafted this piece during the fall of 2017, this document represents an attempt to theoretically articulate the vision driving Youth United for [...]
Power vs. Equality: Malcolm X Sought Not to Change America But to Change Black People
Black America must continue to think about the ideological paradigm shift Malcolm ushered in during the 1960s that still holds some sway over a significant portion of those [...]
Can a Radical Black Mayor Make a Revolution?
The obvious answer is no. Revolutions are not made through electoral power, particularly at a municipal level. Elected government office can create important societal [...]
Racial Politics in the US: Activist Kamau Franklin on Why Black America Favors the Establishment
By Daniel Falcone Criticism of black Americans and their voting rights and preferences from the GOP right-wing is undoubtedly dangerous and illiberal. In this interview [...]
Was Dr. King’s Radical Legacy Replaced with a Sanitized Version for the Sake of White Comfort?
[Originally Published January 17, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star] January 15 would have been the 89th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2017 marks the 49th year since his [...]
Why Black Cops Are Dangerous to Black Lives
(Originally Published January 9, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) A soon-to-be-released study set to publish next month in Public Administration Review titled “Will More Black [...]
Here Is What President Obama Should Say Directly to the Black Community In His Farewell Address
(Originally published January 7, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) President Barack Obama is scheduled to give a farewell address to the American people on January 10 from his [...]
Conservatives’ Outcry Against Torture Incident Is Blatant Attempt to Push Narrative That Actually Endangers Black Bodies
(Originally published January 6, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) A young Black woman in Chicago participated in and streamed an unquestionably horrible and ugly attack on [...]
NAACP Brings a Knife to a Gunfight: Sit-In Protest In Jeff Sessions’ Office Illustrates Glaring Need for New Tactics
(Originally published January 5, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) The NAACP staged a sit-in Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the Mobile, Alabama, office of Jeff Sessions, Attorney General [...]