How Gadhafi's false 'Pan Africanism' failed
OPINION - Gadhafi must now face a reality Africans have been clamoring about for the past fifteen years: that he is an enemy of African unification, not a champion of it.
Obama says 'rule is over' for Libya's Gadhafi
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - He appealed to Gadhafi to prevent further bloodshed, and urged opposition forces to build a democratic government through "peaceful, inclusive and just" measures...
NATO: Gadhafi regime 'clearly crumbling'
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Gadhafi's whereabouts were unknown. But he delivered a series of angry and defiant audio messages broadcast on state television."...
Alice Walker: Why I'm sailing to Gaza
Our boat, The Audacity of Hope, will be carrying letters to the people of Gaza. Letters expressing solidarity and love...
Why the Oscar Grant shooting still hits a nerve
OPINION - The juxtaposition of Obama's election and the cold-blooded killing of an unarmed 22 year-old at the hands of police was a reminder of just how far from a 'post-racial' society we were...
US diplomats feared Islamic radicals in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - The dispatch, dated February 2010, warns that that Jamaica could be fertile ground for jihadists because of its underground drug economy...
Rap music inspires Libyan rebels to defeat Gadhafi
AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) - The music captures the anger and frustration young Libyans feel at decades of repressive rule under Gadhafi...
Why are black pop stars performing at the behest of dictators?
OPINION - 'The mad dog of the Middle East' has been linked both socially and financially to some of our most beloved black superstar entertainers...
Will Egypt crisis force a closer look at US-African relations?
OPINION - As America has aggressively promoted democracy across the world, we have blindly tolerated some of the worst human rights offenses from our allies...
Obama makes long-awaited return to Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The plans for his long-anticipated homecoming Tuesday have been accompanied by a sadness that he is not fully theirs...
