Year: 2026

Selma march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge says Black Voters Matter
Domestic News

Thousands Gather in Alabama to Renew Struggle for Voting Rights

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the devastating impact of the United States Supreme Court Louisiana v. Callais decision which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, several southern states immediately began to redistrict their Congressional maps […]
Domestic News

Waking up to my birthday | A special kind of laughter | In a blind spot faraway from love – a birthday poem for Mumia | Palantir would steal our stolen land?

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
WAKING UP TO MY BIRTHDAY ” Mohammad Wishah was on his way to tell a story but he became part of the story” Hani Mahmoud, journalist in Gaza reporting on the murder of his colleague […]
African nations resist US demands for rare earth minerals for AIDS assistance
International News

African nations say “NO!” to US extortion

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo Recently the U.S. State Department has been trying to force African countries to trade weapons-grade rare earth minerals and other raw materials for the very lives of their citizens currently living with […]
International News

Did we need AI to know? | The blessings are in the detail | What the stones of Mumia Street in Saint-Denis whisper | My heart’s ink

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
DID WE NEED AI TO KNOW? to Malcolm and Leah who have worked tirelessly for decades with whales without AI and who know … so yes we now know we are being observed and we […]
Tennessee protest over redistricting vote in Nashville
Domestic News

Southern States Move Toward Massive Disenfranchisement of African Americans

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On May 7, just hours after the Republican-dominated Tennessee State Assembly passed legislation which split Memphis into three separate congressional districts, the city which has a large majority of African Americans could […]
Domestic News

The Trans Panic of the Democrats

May 20, 2026 fwstaff
By Marta Illyich In a February 23 interview California Governor Newsom offered advice for the Democratic Party. Newsom, a Democrat who is simultaneously underwater in national favorability polling and a top contender for the 2026 […]
Emmanuel Macron and William Ruto at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on May 11, 2026
International News

France Out of Africa! PASAI shows the way

May 20, 2026 fwstaff
By Margaret Kimberly An international gathering of anti-imperialists in Nairobi, Kenya revealed the lies of “Africa Forward” as the presidents of France and Kenya made plans to continue the exploitation of a nation and its […]
Protesters against Erika Kirk and Turning Point at Hillsdale College
Domestic News

Erica Kirk Allied With Advocates of Mass Killings

May 14, 2026 fwstaff
By Russ Bellant Erica Kirk’s coming to Hillsdale for a graduation commencement speech is noteworthy as the school is the foremost enemy of public education in the U.S. So much so that Ron DeSantis chose […]
Domestic News

May 19th Belongs to Malcolm! Remembering Assata to the Fullest!

May 14, 2026 fwstaff
By The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee “I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand under its weight…” – […]
Signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act following years of struggle
Domestic News

POP Announces Protest Against Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Attack

May 11, 2026 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress A civil rights group will protest a recent Supreme Court ruling in a major voting rights case next week in front of a federal district court house. “The Protest Against […]