Attorney Zulu Ali has received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his achievement in law and activism. Recipients of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award are Marquis Who’s Who biography registry inductees who have achieved greatness and excelled in their field for at least 20 years and are selected based Read More…
Politics
Operation Trojan Shield
The operation known as Trojan Shield led to police raids in 16 nations. More than 800 suspects were arrested and more than 32 tons of drugs — including cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines and methamphetamines — were seized along with 250 firearms, 55 luxury cars and more than $148 million in cash and cryptocurrencies. Criminal gangs divulged Read More…
Black Girl Magic Trio Seeks to Suppress Spirit of Rebellion Inside St. Louis Jails
The point of ‘black unity’ is for action against the common people’s oppressor, not rallying around the oppressors who look like us.” On April 24, 2021, the newly elected and self-proclaimed “People’s Mayor” Tishaura Jones, “progressive prosecutor” Kim Gardner, and Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist turned Congresswoman Cori Bush joined forces. They did not gather Read More…
Freedom Rider: Gun Violence Starts at the Top
Freedom Rider weekly column: If the state reserves the right to commit mass murder no one should be surprised that the people follow suit. “No one should be surprised when a well-armed population makes use of their personal arsenals.” Mass shootings happen with appalling regularity in the United States. It is bad enough that recent Read More…
Tanzania Makes History Samia Suluhu Hassan, First Woman President
Tanzania — Tanzania’s vice president, 61-year old Samia Suluhu Hassan, was recently sworn in as the country’s president following the sudden death of John Magufuli, making her the first female president in the history of the East African country. “It’s not a good day for me to talk to you because I have a wound Read More…
Black Farmers and COVID Relief
If you ever begin to doubt that elections matter, think about Black farmers. The new COVID relief law takes significant steps to address decades of shameful discrimination against Black farmers by the federal government. And that would not have happened without voters putting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House and giving Democrats Read More…







