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The untold story of Oscar Grant’s father: Racism, mass incarceration and...
by Doug Kauffman This article was written from phone interviews with the father of Oscar Grant III, Oscar Grant Jr., who is currently held behind bars at Solano State Prison in Vacaville, Calif. On...
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Police are more dangerous to the public than criminals
by Paul Craig Roberts The worst threat every American faces comes from his or her own government. At the federal level, the threat is a seventh war (Syria) in 12 years, leading on to the eighth and...
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Attorney General Eric Holder urges discussion on reinstating federal parole
Parole for federal prisoners abolished 26 years ago, Nov. 1, 1987 by Donald Reynolds U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder looks on as former federal prisoner Robert Warner speaks at a Nov. 5 press...
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‘Intolerable’: a call to action to free Lorenzo Johnson
In the words of Lorenzo “Cat” Johnson, his situation is “intolerable.” He speaks for all innocent prisoners. It is estimated that in the United States 100,000 or more factually innocent people are in...
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CDCr calls hunger strike supplemental demands reasonable, then reneges;...
by Mutope Duguma In all policies, the truth is in the details of their implementation. On the surface, a policy can appear reasonable, but once you get into the actual working out of the details, you...
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Ending musical chair politics in Oakland: an interview with Oakland mayoral...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey Jason “Shake” Anderson is a real, progressive community leader who is running for mayor of Oakland in November because he, like most of us, is tired of...
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UN Human Rights Committee finds US in violation on 25 counts
by Adam Hudson While President Obama told the country to “look forward, not backward” when it came to Bush’s torture program, the United Nations has taken a different route. Recently, the U.N. Human...
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Child refugees: When children are ‘the enemy’
by Mumia Abu-Jamal I’ve been watching for days now as media reports display the growing hatred at the arrival of Central American children across the Mexican-U.S. border. A little girl cries as her...
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From the Keystone State to the Golden State: The need for a national movement...
by Robert Saleem Holbrook In Pennsylvania, former Black Panthers and Black Liberation Army members Russell Maroon Shoatz, Joseph JoJo Bowens, Clifford Lumumba Futch and Fred Muhammad Burton enter...
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Israel-trained police ‘occupy’ Missouri after killing of Black youth
by Rania Khalek Since the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police in Missouri last weekend, the people of Ferguson have been subjected to a military-style crackdown by a squadron of...
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Talking about Liberty Hall and Net Neutrality wit’ Oakland mayoral candidate...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Jason Anderson Jason Anderson has been a staunch activist in the Oakland area for about half a decade and has been working very hard on keeping the historic...
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Cynthia McKinney on autism and Ferguson
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey http://www.blockreportradio.com/images/stories/audio/cynthia2014.mp3 Because of America’s advanced public relations machine, many still believe that...
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Advocates celebrate Prop. 47 victory against mass incarceration and war on...
by Diana Zuñiga, Californians United for a Responsible Budget On Nov. 4, California voters passed criminal justice reform measure Proposition 47. Proposition 47 changes the lowest level drug possession...
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Donald Lacy’s historic interview: Gary Webb tells how the government flooded...
‘Superheroes,’ which Donald Lacy calls ‘the most important play written in the last 25 years,’ was inspired by Gary Webb; it runs through Dec. 21 at the Cutting Ball Theater, 277 Taylor St., San...
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‘Let’s just shut down’: an interview with Spokesperson Ray of the Free...
by Annabelle Parker Annabelle Parker: How did you come to start the Free Alabama Movement? What was the issue that triggered it? And were you all in general population? You are still in solitary (the...
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Why we won’t wait: Resisting the war against the Black and Brown underclass
by Robin D.G. Kelley Wait. Patience. Stay Calm. “This is a country that allows everybody to express their views,” said the first Black president, “allows them to peacefully assemble, to protest actions...
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No matter what they say or do, we die
by Kevin Cooper They elect the first African American president of the United States, and we still die. They say that we now live in a post-racial America, yet we still die. President Obama says to the...
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Pattern of practice: Centuries of racist oppression culminating in mass...
by Mutope Duguma In 1619, the first Africans were brought to North America by force to be slaves. From 1619 to 1776, this brutal chattel slave system was able to flourish in the 13 British colonies....
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While counting President Obama’s NAACP speech and prison visit as big wins,...
by Dorsey Nunn, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and All of Us or None On Tuesday, July 14, one day after commuting the sentences of 46 people currently serving sentences for nonviolent drug...
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Until we win: Black labor and liberation in the disposable era
by Kali Akuno Since the rebellion in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014, Black people throughout the United States have been grappling with a number of critical questions, such as why are Black people...
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