Domestic News
What to do about Trump?
By David Sole If we had a government run by and for workers and oppressed people there would be no question and no delay in delivering justice to Donald J. Trump. In fact the vile […]
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NAACP Travel Advisory for the State of Florida
Contact: Chyna Fields cfields@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON – Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts […]
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Tucker Carlson and the U.S. war on China
By Gary Wilson Why was Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News? Not for any of his known offensives, even though that’s a very long list. Carlson is the millionaire (net worth $420 million) son of […]
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African American Tennessee Lawmakers Reinstated to State House
By Abayomi Azikiwe Two African American state representatives to the Tennessee House of Representatives have been returned to the Capitol in Nashville by the local councils in Nashville and Memphis. The expulsions by the […]
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Two African American State Representatives Expelled by Tennessee Republican Majority
By Abayomi Azikiwe Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were expelled by the Republican supermajority in Nashville on April 6. Another state house member, Gloria Johnson, who is white, survived the expulsion […]
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Electoral Politics and African American Studies
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 10 “In spite of the long and untiring work in education and organization of the pioneers of Civil Rights; in spite of the painstaking effort made […]
International News
Statement on the situation of African Students who were studying in Ukraine
By Africans in Ukraine As the thousands of African students who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February 2022, we are writing to you in a time of great need. We are calling on […]
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African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Sharecroppers Union to the New Farmers of America
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 6 Several years prior to the formation of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) in 1934, a series of events in the state of Alabama would […]
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African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Great Depression to World War II
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 5 During October 1929, the United States economic system was plunged into an unprecedented depression where tens of millions were thrown out of work and their […]
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African American Resistance in the Rural South
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 4 “The new industry had a vision not of work but of wealth, not of planned accomplishment, but of power. It became the most conscienceless, unmoral […]