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From HuffingtonPost.com: Dr. John Hope Franklin , the wildly accomplished historian who documented Blacks’ place in the great American story, firmly believed in reparations — the idea that the descendants of slaves in the United States should be compensated for the centuries of free labor that enriched slaveowners and their descendants and the American empire

Gary Younge Imagine, if you will, a white-collar CEO version of the TV show Cops .

I recently caught up with longtime Black political activist Haki Madhubuti to discuss the Obama economic stimulus package and the economic downturn’s impact on Black America. Here, Madhubuti delves deeply into some of the economic maneuverings that derailed the US economy.

For nearly an entire week, the Chris Brown/Rihanna alleged abuse incident has dominated major news media headlines. Unfortunately, these sensationalized reports did less to elucidate the national epidemic of violence against women and more to cement into our national psyche the idea that the new face of domestic abuse is young, Black and hip-hop

Gary Younge The global depression is spawning social unrest, which the extreme right might try to hijack--a good reason for the left to be well organized and engaged. read more

Yesterday, as I prepared for the kick-off to the national discussion tour focused on the theme “Is America Really Post-Racial?” which will convene in ten US cities this spring, I received emails from around the country commenting on The New York Post cartoon that depicts a chimpanzee being shot by two white police officers.

In anticipation of  Inauguration Day, NewsOne’s Bakari Kitwana sat down with Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty for a brief discussion

Bakari Kitwana Asks: Common What will an Obama Presidency mean to young Americans? Bakari Kitwana sat down with Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist and actor Common to discuss the significance of Barack Obama’s presidency for young Americans, one of Obama’s key voting bloc’s in yesterday’s election.

HARTFORD, CT “I wanted to dwell over the line I drew to help the electronic scanner read my vote for Obama.

Outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland yesterday, it was like a block party. It was ten minutes after 1 p.m., the official closing time, but the office was still open