This policy paper makes the case for reviving the Black Panther Party program for community control of the police.

Is big media really concerned for Kobe’s family, friends and community, or with Bryant’s corporate value as a black celebrity, an apolitical athlete and a commodity?

This week readers discussed the Bloomberg campaign.

The author provides a “queer” perspective on African identities, politics and economies.

The roots of racial differences have to do with the past treatment of enslaved people in the North as well as the South.