If you managed to attend the annual DC gathering of the Congressional Black Caucus last week you know it was more the "Corporate Black Caucus" that was on display. Goodie bags from Coca-cola, a health care summit sponsored by Pfizer, and the logos from Wal-Mart, Lockheed and Boeing were everywhere to tell you who paid the bills and called the shots at this annual celebration of supposed black political empowerment. In the midst of this den of corporate iniquity, Russell Moniker from Single Payer Action cornered Rep. Conyers to inquire on the status of single payer.
“The corrections officers think it’s a joke, and I be telling them, ‘This is serious, man.’”
Historian Johanna Fernández makes the case for the Young Lords as profound thinkers as well as highly capable street activists.
The lockdown included bans on any sales of alcohol and cigarettes and even barred exercises outside the home.
The IMF refused a COVID–19 emergency loan to Venezuela unless it agreed to overthrow President Maduro and installs the Washington-backed Juan Guaidó.
Elders and already sick folks are at risk down South, the Blackest region of the nation with the worst health care.
