2026 Mid-Term Election & Black Political Power
By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad: On Tuesday, Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate in their strongest showing in nearly two decades. A less publicized story is…
2026 Mid-Terms: Blue Tsunami
By Martin Pengelly & Andrew Perez: Democrats have taken full control of the U.S. Congress in a massive repudiation of Donald Trump’s authoritarian presidency and his gross mishandling…
2026 Mid-Terms: Nixon & El-Sayed
Book Review: The Day Biafra Died
War, International Security & National Security
Editors’ picks
The continent on its own terms — politics, money and power from Lagos to Nairobi.
CARICOM
Regional negotiators met in The Bahamas in October to advance CARICOM’s preparations for the inaugural Conference of the Parties (COP1) to the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of…
Uganda Power Transition
African Sovereignty & Self-Determination
Olara Otunnu Next UN Secretary-General?
Politics, justice and civic life, reported from the communities they affect.
NYC Mayor Mamdani & Media
The following is a transcript of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani comments to the media after Tuesday's historic midterm election. Question: Mayor, so are you still planning…
Historic Election Victories For Black Women
Will NY AG James Be Reelected?
NYC CORE Challenges Mayor Mamdani
Accountability journalism. Power, money and institutions — on the record.
Cornell University Rape Investigation
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the appointment of former Civil Rights Unit Chief for the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office…
Bronx Killing Of Javits Frimpong
Bronx Killing Of Javits Frimpong
Tuesday the retired NYPD Detective, who callously took the life of a Black man on the George Washington Bridge, was, once again, charged with murder, for the heinous…
By Milton Allimadi and Colin Benjamin: New York City's Commissioner of Equity and Racial Justice, Afua Attah-Mensah, says the administration of Mayor Zohran Mamdani is determined to confront…
Are we angry enough yet? Haven’t our hearts been broken enough times? Are we ready to act now? How many more children do we have to lose? These…
