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John Lewis: No Longer In the House
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“John Lewis: No Longer in the House.” John Lewis, famed for his ungodly beating by state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge during civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s, has moved on after… Full Transcript
John Conyers: Congressman
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“John Conyers: Congressman.” John Conyers spent a lifetime as a member of Congress. And despite his fall from grace, his time in office was deeply historic. He was one of the founders of the Congressional… Full Transcript
Are We Letting The Great Moment Vanish
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from, uh, Pennsylvania Graterford state prison, and the, uh, topic for my, uh, little essay here is, uh, “Are We Letting a Great Moment Vanish?” This nation… Full Transcript
Pressure on Philly DA
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’ve been incarcerated since 1971. In an article of the Philadelphia Daily News, 5/18/17, page 16, state that a man named Joseph Langley, incarcerated in 1953,… Full Transcript
Prisoner’s Families Give Krasner the Win
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
No city poll, political commentator, or newspaper editor will tell the public that candidate Larry Krasner won the primary elections for District Attorney, not because of billionaire George Soros’ $1.5 million check, and not because… Full Transcript
Farewell Thoughts to My Friend, Lynne Stewart
Jaan Laaman
Farewell thoughts to my friend Lynne Stewart from Jaan Laaman, political prisoner. International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2017. With a sunny sky outside and, a quote, unquote, day without women’s strikes and other very positive… Full Transcript
Call to Action Iman Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
“The magic of black music.” As the deaths of two musicians recently demonstrates, black music is an art form that radiates freedom, and that radiation flows around the world. The death of Sharon Jones, lead… Full Transcript
DN Interview Amy Goodman
When the Masks Come Off and the Riot Gear Comes Out
Why Black and Latino Americans Won’t Vote for Trump or the Republican Party
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Lets face some truths here, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has an image problem of being racist, xenophobic, sexist, and a politically unpolished blabbering brute. Trump represents everything that is wrong with the Republican Party.… Full Transcript
We Must Stop Supporting Those Who Do Not Support Our Black Community
Who’s Running?
For the Love of Yuri
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Recently, a congressman announced his opposition to a computer corporations’ honoring of the late activist, Yuri Kochiyama. Kochiyama, in her long and eventful life, fought for many things, among them, this commentator’s life and freedom.… Full Transcript
The US Government’s Conspiracy to Destroy Black Communities
The Trump Party
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s months from the conventions, but if today is any indicator, the results are all but guaranteed. No matter the results of the election, the impact in the Republican Party is clear. After years of… Full Transcript
We Don’t Need Another Moderate
Kenneth Hartman
With the passing of the hard-right ideologue Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia, President Obama has an opportunity to shape and sharpen the debate in the coming presidential election. But he’ll need to resist the corporate… Full Transcript
MLK Enemy of the State
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The name, Martin Luther King, Jr., has become an American talisman. Politicians, who have spent their entire careers ignoring or attacking the lives, rights or interests of African-Americans, erupt in praise of King, some even… Full Transcript
The Genius of Huey P. Newton
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To those of us who were alive – and sentient, the name Huey P. Newton evokes an era of mass resistance, of Black popular protest and of the rise of revolutionary organizations across the land.… Full Transcript
“Of Jailhouse Lawyers.” To be a jailhouse lawyer is to be, above all, a prisoner, and as such, among the most despised of men and women in the nation. “Jailhouse lawyer” was similarly a term… Full Transcript