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The Last Laugh
Remembering Richard
Pryor, the cutting edge Black comic who transformed both comedy
and America's public conversations about race… [more]
 Rebuilding
New Orleans
Dispersed
in 40 states, Katrina's victims are struggling to get by, as companies
pick up contracts and others get the jobs. By Jesse Jackson…[more]
 Government
for Some
The aftermath of Katrina, which hit areas that many African Americans
call home, highlights how the the Black and poor do not benefit
from their own tax dollars. By Makani Themba-Nixon… [more]
 Black
Power Now
An exhibit at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore explores the
lasting legacy and impact of the Black Power movement on American
society and the world… [more]
 Honoring
the Earth
Saving African Rainforests, Living for the City, Water Rights
in Detroit, More Lung Disease Among Blacks. (And, of course, WGJ–The
Post Turtle)… [more]
 Women's
History Now
AIDS Among African Americans, the Real ‘Welfare Queens,'
Murders of Pregnant Women (and WGJ: Ordering Pizza in The New Surveillance
Society)… [more]
 Global
Tragedy
Tsunami Death Toll Rises… Final Challenges to the Election…
AIDS "Guinea Pigs"… Shirley Chisholm Dead at 80…
and more… [more]
 Race
and Justice
Doubts Linger About U.S. Election, David Duke in Russia, Three
Strikes Law Strikes Down Young Blacks, Palestinians Dissed at Arafat's
Death. Stories by Vonda L. Marshall, Isidra Person-Lynn and Mumia
Abu-Jamal… [more]
Our Regime Change
 How
Bush may win, or lose, by Mumia Abu-Jamal… In Person: Unity
2004, by Celeste Dawn Mitchell. Plus, maneuvering to suppress the
Black vote, and the facts on rising poverty in the U.S.… [more]
 Mo'
Political Power
Obama,
Jackson and Sharpton ignite the dull Democratic National Convention…
[more]
Political Power 2004
 Hip-hop's
first political convention, by Shani Jamila. Florida abandons its
voter purge list. A plan to 'postpone' the vote? Also, Karen Juanita
Carrillo updates the court case of Miss Honduras. Calling Isis out
of her name… And a new column, 'In Person' by Celeste Dawn
Mitchell. This month: Baltimore's African American Heritage Festival…
[more]
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