Race Matters

Malcolm X Grassroots Movement talks freeing political prisoners and Black August's legacy.

Monifa Bandele of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement shared that aging prisoners like Shakur are having their requests for compassionate release blocked despite having multiple health issues in the middle of an ongoing public health crisis

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34, is a defense attorney and son of the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, who became mayor of Jackson in 2013, but tragically died just 8 months after taking office. The elder Lumumba was a member of the Republic of New Afrika, a social movement steeped in Black Nationalism.

“If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” — Malcolm X Though the latest chapter in the so-called Israeli-Palestinian conflict has calmed to a — more than likely temporary — ceasefire, the apartheid state of Israel’s illegal occupation […]