Why Don’t Blacks Support Their Own Museums?

In recent years, many black-oriented museums have fallen on hard times. They are not doing so well because they lack financial support. Importantly, they lack financial support from the very people they cater to–African-Americans.
“We have yet work cut out for us to cultivate the interest of African Americans and athletes of many cultures,” said [...]

Quote of the Day: James Baldwin aka "The Master"

“The ‘civilized’ have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and enslavement; rain down bombs on defenseless children whenever and wherever they decide that their “vital interests” are menaced, and think nothing of torturing a man to death: these people are [...]

Should the U.S. Negotiate With the Insurgents?

U.S. Army General John Abizaid, Commander of the United States Central Command, pictured.In this piece, University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole, widely considered a top expert on middle east politics, examines whether the U.S. should negotiate with Iraqi insurgents. He also explores whether this negotiation is, in fact, “appeasement?”
“All counterinsurgency struggles have to be waged [...]