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On Wednesday, September 21 at approximately 11:00pm U.S. Eastern Time, after a three hour intervention, in which the U.S. supreme court denied a motion for a stay of execution, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis.

The Obama administration has rejected a call for a posthumous presidential pardon for Marcus Garvey, calling it a waste of time and resources. The denial...

PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday, August 20, at 8:30pm, the Black is Back Coalition (BIBC) for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations — in conjunction with...

The following article comes from the August 2006 issue of The Burning Spear Newspaper, the organ of the African People's Socialist Party. The recent...

PHILADELPHIA—The Committee to Elect Diop Olugbala formally announces his candidacy for the City of Philadelphia’s 2011 mayoral election. Olugbala is also known as Wali...

On Monday, June 13, 2011, the state of California released killer cop Johannes Mehserle from the Los Angeles County Jail. The former Bay Area...

Chicago, IL—The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA) will host its 22nd annual national conference June 24-26, 2011, at Sixth Grace...

WASHINGTON, DC--They came from all over–from Florida, South Carolina, DC, New Jersey, New York, California and Maryland. They also came from Congo, via England. They...

LONDON - April 1, 2011 at CENI, a voting center for the town of Butembo in Kivu, in eastern Congo, armed police loyal to the hated regime of Joseph Kabila Kagange, brutally murdered and mutilated the body of 35-year-old Kavira Tsongo.