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A Conversation The Morning After

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Noelle: Yeah, I didn’t have one drop of liquor cause I was too- I was just like, I only drink when I’m happy. Mumia: What the hell is this? Noelle: Oh my God. He was… Full Transcript

For the Party Everything- For the People Nothing

Mumia Abu-Jamal

For the party, everything, for the people, nothing. It is, to say the least, somewhat disturbing to see how impassioned are the president and the first lady in bringing out the black vote for democratic… Full Transcript

The Party is Over

Mumia Abu-Jamal

In recent days, the presidential campaign has exploded. Videotapes of Donald J. Trump glorying in his sexual conquests (or attempts) have caused a hemorrhaging of support–especially among women, who are shocked and sickened by his… Full Transcript

Courts Ruling in Mumia Exposes PA Dept of Corrections’ Modern Tuskeegee Experiment

Make America White Again

Mumia Abu-Jamal

The 2016 Republican National Convention, under the ponderous pressure of Donald Trump, was, in many ways, an escape back in time – to the 1950s, and ‘60s – an era when Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon,… Full Transcript

A New Day

Mumia Abu-Jamal

The events of last week continue to reverberate throughout national consciousness. The unprovoked killings by cops in the streets of America’s Midwest, and the subsequent killings of cops in Texas, show us that a new… Full Transcript

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

Centuries of Struggle Big House Prison Blues

Mumia Abu-Jamal

‘Plus ça change …’ say the French; or ‘The more things change, of course, the more they stay the same.’ That thought, with all its despair and wisdom, resonates with particular power when we look… Full Transcript

The Representative or the Represented?

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Recently, a Black congresswoman from Florida revealed that white legislators from the state’s redistricting body changed her district to include the states overcrowded but under represented prisons, thereby insuring her defeat when the next election… Full Transcript

The Nation of Islam Calls for Million Man March to Demand Justice or Else

Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall

The National Representative of the Nation of Islam, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, has called on African American, Latino/ a Native American, and Caucasian peoples to attend the coming October 10th gathering of the 20th… Full Transcript