Jordan Neely was a Black man who died after being held in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a white vigilante, on the New York City subway in 2023. Penny was acquitted by a jury, but the Peoples Senate, which is the next phase of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition, is hosting a community forum at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn on Saturday, February 1st. This is the first in a series of workshops organized by the Medgar Evers College Coalition. We are joined by Tag, who is on the coordinating committee of Spirit of Mandela.
Black studies is a conceptual movement that is trying to catch up to it’s more sensual and less formal cousin, black music.
Spending time in worlds of the past opens a window on how things changed, or stubbornly remained unchanged.
New Jersey was the site of a young Dr King’s very first formal protest and lawsuit, but the state refuses to recognize the events.
Recent population trends indicate that the city may be at risk of losing its status as a Black mecca.
On the tenth anniversary of radical historian Howard Zinn’s death, Cornel West opens up about their friendship and what Zinn would have made of the decade – including whether he would have voted fo
