(Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a new monthly column). Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, N.J., on April 9, 1898. His mother, Maria Louisa Bustill, was married to Reverend [...] Continue Reading
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The Black Past in American History: Then and Now
(Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a new monthly column. In the current political climate, Black history is contested terrain.) When one reflects upon American colonial history, one [...] Continue Reading
A Lonesome and Unnecessary Death
According to the recent Congressional testimony (Dec. 17, 2025) of former special prosecutor Jack Smith, Donald Trump was the “most culpable and most responsible person” for the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol [...] Continue Reading
Trump’s Attack on Black History
During his first term in office, Donald Trump took a tour of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and was guided by Lonnie Bunch. Bunch is the first Black American [...] Continue Reading
MLK and His Legacy in Fresno
The September 2025 issue of Vanity Fair magazine features Bernice King’s essay entitled “The Fight to Protect MLK’s Legacy.” She begins her essay with these words: “…on March 28, 1968, I celebrated my [...] Continue Reading
Race and Racism in American History
The President’s military D.C. parade on June 14—which was sparsely attended versus the millions who turned out for the No Kings Day throughout the nation—was missing an honorary contingent of marching [...] Continue Reading
Black Men in the Mexican Revolution
BY MALIK SIMBA President Trump on March 27 signed an executive order requiring the Smithsonian Museums, and in particular the African American History and Cultural Museum, to restore “Truth and [...] Continue Reading
Dialectics of Black Ideology in Age of White Reactionaries
Soon after the Russian Revolution of 1917, a number of American Blacks emigrated to Bolshevik Russia, the new pro-worker state. One noted emigre was a Minneapolis postal worker named Homer Smith Jr., [...] Continue Reading
Gender, Misogyny, Race/Class Questions in Presidential Election
With President Biden’s withdrawal from his presidential bid, Vice President Kamala Harris is the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the presidency. Kamala Harris’s parents gave her the [...] Continue Reading
Remember Her Name
Unless you were a member of Ashli Babbitt’s family, it is easy to forget about the misguided woman who was shot to death during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Babbitt was shot directly in the left [...] Continue Reading
Black Women Reds and Black Women on the Liberal Left
As we left February, which was African American History Month—traditionally referred to as Black History Month—we had Women’s History Month in March. Each month’s purpose is to highlight and celebrate [...] Continue Reading
Law and Order
Watching the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and the subsequent Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutions and imprisonment or fines of those involved in the criminal activity that left five [...] Continue Reading