The second volume on the life and works of Hubert Harrison, the Harlem-based activist, organizer and journalist, is about to be released. Biographer Jeff Perry has spent almost four decades researching Harrison, who he described as âa socialist who worked closely with Marcus Garvey and was the first to write about the âNew Negroâ in the first quarter of the 20th century.â Harrison deserves to be in the pantheon of formative Black political thinkers and doers, but his principled politics, unsparing journalistic critiques, and refusal to be bought earned him few boosters.
Black Democratic Party operatives seek to camouflage class antagonisms among African Americans and to equate racial progress with the feeble policies of âdiversity and inclusion.â
This week the Democratic Party and the failures of US healthcare were on your mind.
The global citizenry shows increasing apathy towards each otherâs social and political conditions.
Chicagoâs Ujimaa Medics bring a racial justice and cultural specificity lens to community health care through mutual aid.
Trumpâs administration is more interested in saving Wall Street and boosting their profits than they are in saving lives and meeting the needs of the people.
