Alabama: A Public Hospital Serves the Poor — with Lawsuits
Southeast Alabama Medical Center, a public hospital in rural Alabama, forces poor patients to surrender their legal protections before they can receive treatment, clearing the way for the facility to...
View ArticleAssata Shakur: “I am a 20th century escaped slave”
Cuba-based black revolutionary Assata Shakur says she fled "from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government’s policy towards people of color." The post Assata Shakur:...
View ArticleJon Stewart Dissects Charleston Terrorist Attack, Its Rhodesia Inspiration
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart got serious about the racist Charleston church shooting, racial hypocrisy and the terrorist's apparent Rhodesia inspiration. The post Jon Stewart Dissects Charleston...
View ArticleRemarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau during Canadian...
US President Barack Obama welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his first official visit to the White House on Thursday. Here are the remarks issued by the two leaders during a joint...
View ArticleFinally, the U.S. Steps Closer to Racial Healing With a National Truth and...
The U.S. has a history of racial violence against blacks and indigenous peoples. Now is the time to follow the example shown by Canada and South Africa, and begin a national process of truth and...
View ArticleHow the everyday use of militaristic jargon makes us more combative
The language of warfare and violence dominates public discourse in the United States and around the world, even when war isn't part of the conversation. Nan Levinson, a writer, teacher, and journalist...
View ArticleTrump unhappy because son must give up charity work due to possible conflict...
As part of an effort to disappear potential conflicts of interest, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump recently announced he'd dissolve the Donald J Trump Foundation. Meanwhile, the 45th President of the...
View Article“Cold War deja vu” as President Barack Obama expels 35 Russian diplomats
Two weeks after promising to respond “at a time and place of our choosing” to Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats. The...
View ArticleA guide to the Geneva Convention for beginners, dummies and newly elected...
In the wake of the Donald Trump's controversial Executive Order suspending the US Refugee Admission Program for 120 days, German Chancellor Angela Merkel explained the Geneva Convention to her newly...
View ArticleVan Jones Unleashes His Love Army Against Trump’s Muslim Ban
So far, more than 100,000 people have joined social justice champion and longtime civil rights activist Van Jones' #LoveArmy campaign against Donald Trump racially-loaded exclusionary policies...
View ArticleJoint Statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump
On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met for the first time with US President Donald Trump at the White House. Read the two leaders' joint statement. The post Joint Statement from Prime...
View Article10 members of President’s Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...
Ten members of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders just resigned in protest of President Trump's anti-immigrant policies and animosity towards person of colour...
View ArticleThe Mental and Physical Trauma of “Dreamers” Living With Deportation Threats
Since Trump's election, the future of Daniela Vargas and more than 750,000 recipients of former president Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has been uncertain. Most of them now...
View ArticleFreeland Admits: U.S. Withdrawal Effectively Kills TPP Trade Deal
This week, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland admitted that the United States' withdrawal from Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) effectively kills the mega trade deal. The post Freeland Admits:...
View ArticleHow Chicago Became the First City to Make Reparations to Victims of Police...
The recent passage of historic reparations legislation in Chicago means black people who have experienced racial violence at the hands of the police can be granted reparations. The post How Chicago...
View ArticleThe future of US net neutrality under Trump
The election of Donald Trump as US president, and appointment of pro-industry Ajit Pai as the commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, will have a lasting negative impact on net...
View ArticleWith Syria missile strikes, Trump turns from non-intervention to waging war
The US' cruise missile strikes against Syria' Shayrat airforce base mark President Donald Trump’s first big foreign policy test. For foreign policy realists, Trump's swift turn from non-intervention to...
View ArticleDmitry Medvedev on US airstrikes on Syria: “On the verge of a military clash...
Responding to the US airstrikes on Syria, Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev declared in a Facebook post: "On the verge of a military clash with Russia". Justifying the airstrikes, PM Justin Trudeau said...
View ArticleMental illness the go-to excuse for white men committing acts of terrorism...
The label “mental illness”, when referred to white men who’ve committed acts of terrorism against people of color, downplays racism and elicits sympathy for the bigoted murderer, argues Zenobia...
View ArticleEdward Snowden defends jailed NSA contractor Reality Winner
The unveiling prosecution of 25-year-old National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Reality Leigh Winner is "a fundamental threat to the free press," says Edward Snowden. The post Edward Snowden defends...
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