Sixty years after the unwinding of Jim Crow, a historic US election
President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial poison.” ...
Barbara Dane, Who Fought Injustice Through Song, Dies at 97
She was highly regarded as a folk, blues and jazz singer. She was also ardently left-wing and prioritized social change over commercial success.
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Socialist Singer Barbara Dane Was a True American Radical
In 1966, the famed communist folk musician Pete Seeger was invited by the Cuban revolutionary government to perform a series ...
Remembering Joe Rooney: A man who gave much but asked for little
When Joe Rooney died, the light in the Rooney household and in Newry got a little dimmer. Joe, in life, was a riot of colour.
1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared
A judge in South Carolina has erased the records of seven Black men arrested in 1960 for sitting at an all-white lunch ...
Beyoncé endorses Harris for president at Houston rally: "It's time to sing a new song"
Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Willie Nelson and Jessica Alba are the latest big-name celebrities to join Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail.
Civil Rights Leader NAACP Dives Into Investing With New Fund
The NAACP, the country’s biggest civil rights organization, is entering the investment world with a new impact fund that will ...
Beyoncé urges voters to ‘sing a new song’ in glowing endorsement of Kamala Harris
Beyoncé urged voters to “sing a new song," before Kamala Harris delivered a message that Donald Trump was dead set on eroding ...
Beyoncé Endorses Kamala Harris With Unifying Speech at Houston Rally: ‘It’s Time to Sing a New Song’
Since Harris was chosen as the Democratic candidate in the election, Beyoncé’s 2016 song “Freedom” has been Harris’ campaign ...
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Sixty years on, longtime Black voters recall Jim Crow, Civil Rights Act
Members of the last generation to live through the end of the Jim Crow laws are among voters in an upcoming presidential ...
Officer who broke down Breonna Taylor’s door recalls sound of gunfire in trial’s fourth day
Federal prosecutors say former Louisville officer Brett Hankison, who is on trial, fired blindly into Taylor’s windows and a ...
As election nears, we need more love and less bile
As the presidential election of 2024 moves inexorably closer, polls say the contest is too close to call. With each passing day the political ads get meaner, the vitriol grows more caustic.