Taraji P. Henson arrives to the “Empire” Los Angeles Premiere on January 6, 2015 in Hollywood, CA (Shutterstock) By Brad Callas, Complex Taraji P. Henson recently opened up about her past experience with domestic violence. On Friday, the 51-year-old actress shared a sneak peak of an upcoming episode of her Facebook Watch series Peace of Mind with Taraji. In […]
By Sir Ronald Sanders On October 12, more than a dozen representatives in the US Congress sent a letter to the US Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, asking for immediate attention to what they describe as “the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party in both Latin America and the Caribbean trade and economic development”. The […]
Even after a racial justice awakening, the effects of climate change and natural disaster reflect deep inequality.
By Rashad Robinson, Salon With nearly two months left of this year’s turbulent hurricane season, thousands of Louisianans are entering their sixth straight week without power following Hurricane Ida. Meanwhile, displaced residents in search of adequate shelter for their families are piling into any neighbors’ homes that are still intact, some with up to 10 […]
Woman shopping on the high street in Liverpool while wearing a mask during the Covid Pandemic. – Liverpool, UK – July 9th 2021 (Shutterstock) By Andrew Romano, Yahoo News When it comes to COVID-19, what happens in the United Kingdom rarely stays in the United Kingdom — and that, in turn, rarely bodes well for […]
Haitian migrant families wait in front of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance to request refuge in Mexico. – Mexico City, Mexico – September 23, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Marisa Peñaloza, NPR Like thousands of Haitians, Gibbens Revolus, his wife, Lugrid, and their 2-year-old son, Diego, made the treacherous journey to the U.S.-México border from Chile […]
Photo: Dame Sandra Mason, Barbados’ first President-elect. (FP) By Sharon Austin, Gis Barbados As Barbados prepares to transition to a republic in a few weeks, Dame Sandra Mason has been announced as the island’s first President-elect. This announcement came today from Speaker of the House of Assembly, Arthur Holder, as he read the Instrument of […]
Portrait of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell at a conference. – Kiev, Ukraine – 10.24.2007 (Shutterstock) By Chad Williams, The Conversation Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history. The former secretary of state – who died on Oct. 18, 2021, at 84 as a result of COVID-19 complications – was a […]
Dear MoveOn member, Have you heard of the far-right television network beloved by Donald Trump that is so extreme it could make Fox News seem like an arm of the Democratic Party? It’s called One America News (OAN), and in just the last five months, hosts and guests on its shows have claimed all of […]
By Maribel Hastings and David Torres, America’s Voice The proposal to grant only work permits and protection from deportation to some seven to eight million undocumented immigrants is the most recent alternative that the Democrats are trying to include in the Senate’s budget reconciliation, after the rejection of measures that contain a path to citizenship […]
By Allison B. Reiss, M.D. One of the most compelling challenges of our time is the increasing number of people being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). As the elderly population expands, AD takes a huge toll on society, families and our health-care systems. There is no cure for AD and it leads inevitably to greater […]