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RICHARD has insisted that I write a little bit about the death of Frank Kitson. Kitson, British Army general and leading advocate of counter-insurgency operations and collusion between state forces and death squads, died last week. I have written about him many times. I am sure his death will be mourned by those within the British system whom he served over many decades in defence of the Empire. He was rewarded with medals, a knighthood and military promotions. He was for a time Commander-in-Chi...

Just before Christmas my colleague Greg O'Loughlin, the Executive Director of Friends of Sinn Féin in the USA , gave me the sad news that veteran A...

Talking with Hannibal Lokumbe and others before the Nashville Symphony’s world premiere of his opus

The overlap of cross burnings and John Kasper followers tells us something about the citys history

This year marks the loss of civil rights veterans who worked in hostile territories to dismantle Jim Crow and register Black residents to vote.

This year marks the loss of civil rights veterans who worked in hostile territories to dismantle Jim Crow and register Black residents to vote.

This year marks the loss of civil rights veterans who worked in hostile territories to dismantle Jim Crow and register Black residents to vote.

This year marks the loss of civil rights veterans who worked in hostile territories to dismantle Jim Crow and register Black residents to vote.

This year marks the loss of civil rights veterans who worked in hostile territories to dismantle Jim Crow and register Black residents to vote.

Michael Tubbs made history as Stockton's mayor. He talks to ESSENCE about his memoir, “The Deeper the Roots.”