Cherokee Freemen File For Injunction

On Feb. 1, attorneys for Cherokee Freedmen plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by Marilyn Vann and others with the Freedmen organization filed a preliminary injunction in federal court to halt a special election called by Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith, which is designed to remove the freedmen tribal members from the voting ranks of [...]

Rounding Off Their Figures: Women of Color (Re-)Set The Standard of Beauty

“These disparate magazines are lauding the booty beautiful at a time when the body standard for models — and actresses — has come under scrutiny for being unrealistically and unhealthily thin. While designers in New York were unveiling their fall 2007 collections last week, the industry hosted a panel presentation on the subject of ever-shrinking [...]

The United States: The Benevolent "Empire"?

“With more than 2,500,000 U.S. personnel serving across the planet and military bases spread across each continent, it’s time to face up to the fact that our American democracy has spawned a global empire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the USA is guilty of a “hyper use of force–military force–in international relations, force that is [...]