In the wake of Britain’s race riots this summer, CN Live! interviewed Andy Robin, one of the founders of the “Love Music Hate Racism” movement in Luton, England.
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Category: Race Relations
PATRICK LAWRENCE: James Baldwin at 100
What Is Behind England’s Riots
Is there a migration crisis in England? Yes, there is, says John Wight. And it’s not the fault of the migrants.
You’re With Her, But Is She With You?
Electoral politics is about power, leverage and quid pro quo, writes Wilmer J. Leon, III. What are Black supporters of Kamala Harris getting in exchange?
US LABOR DAY: The Minimum Wage at Age 85
Without any mechanisms to adjust for rising prices, the real value of the federal minimum wage hit a 66-year low in 2023, say the authors. It’s now worth 42 percent less than its highest point in 1968.
Discovering Largest Known US Slave Auction
Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified, Jennifer Berry Hawes reports.
Viewpoint: The Problem With the Feb. 19 Anti-War Rally
People must decide who they align with based on their principles of unity and shared interests, but they should also consider that their alliances do not bring harm to the most marginalized people, writes Jacquie Luqman.
Police Terror in America
The officers in Memphis, Tennessee, came into the community to kill. Like a pack of wild dogs, they were there to satisfy a blood lust and insatiable taste for Black flesh, writes Wilmer Leon.
Chris Hedges: Teaching ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ in Prison
There are many disturbing similarities between the brutality imposed on Stalin’s victims and the injustices endured by the incarcerated in U.S. federal and state prisons.
Is the ‘Conscience of the Congress’ Unconscious?
Wilmer Leon says it’s time for the African-American community to take stock, not of the original 13 members of the Congressional Black Caucus, but of the current 58.